Save Every Day, Every Way: Water Efficiency is More Important Than Ever
The San Diego region has been a leader in water conservation efforts for years with Otay customers having cut per capita water use by 27 percent between 2007 and 2013.
But after three dry years, California’s water supply is stretched thin. It’s time for everyone to increase water conservation to help communities around the state hit hard by the drought and to stretch our region’s water supplies in case dry weather continues into 2015.
Thankfully, saving water is easier than you might think. A few simple changes can make a big difference – especially outdoors. More than half of residential water use is for landscape irrigation.
New devices and appliances can significantly reduce water waste, but so can changing habits – for example, running irrigation systems during morning or evening hours to minimize evaporation, and using the savings to reduce watering times.
To learn more about what you can do and what water agencies are doing to enhance water supplies, go to whenindrought.org.