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Yesterday, Metropolitan Water District (MWD) released its annual regional progress report that it submits to the California State Legislature. The report addresses the water agency’s achievements in conservation, recycling and groundwater recharge.
“Metropolitan’s Board of Directors approved its highest ever conservation and outreach budget, to institute the largest program in the nation,” the report reads. “Metropolitan continues to encourage conservation in different ways.”
According to the report, the 2014-15 fiscal year marked MWD’s 25th anniversary of conservation programs. MWD continues to push conservation by:
- Approving $450 million for conservation and outreach efforts for fiscal years 2014-15 and 2015-16.
- Providing rebates for turf removal, high-efficiency washers and toilets, multi-stream rotary sprinkler nozzles, irrigation controllers and rain barrels.
- Creating a mobile-friendly online rebate application that is available in both English and Spanish.
In addition to MWD’s efforts, their member agencies have been successful in urging residents to conserve water. Based on MWD’s report, member agency programs save roughly 4,780 acre-feet of water annually.
“Our goal is to equitably provide rebate funds to as many people as possible and lock-in permanent changes in water use by transforming to drought-tolerant landscapes that better fit our Mediterranean climate,” said Randy Record, Metropolitan Board Chairman.
