Conservation Tips - Walnut Valley Water District

A FREE Guide to a Beautiful Landscape & Garden

Date: Saturday, February 29, 2020

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Location: City of Walnut Senior Center

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Beautiful landscapes and gardens add great value to a home. These features can be both attractive and water efficient. In this class, you will learn how to develop and maintain a beautiful garden and landscape while using water efficiently and lowering your monthly bill.

WVWD’s landscape education classes are designed to introduce homeowners, commercial property managers, and others within its service area to the concepts of water-efficient and sustainable landscaping.

Topics covered include:

Sustainable Landscaping
Understanding Water-Use Efficiency in the Landscape
Use of California Native and Drought Tolerant Plants
Creating Healthy Soil
Alternatives to Lawn
Turf Removal
Habitat Gardening
Water Efficient Irrigation Practices

Conservation Tips

With a growing population and limited water resources, it is essential that we maintain meaningful conservation levels. Water is too precious to waste! By doing our part we help the environment, preserve water for future generations, and save money and energy.

Learn more about SoCal Water Smart Rebates and Conservation Tips and Devices available to reduce water use. You can also review Ordinance No. 07-16-09: the Districts Water Use Efficiency Requirements and Water Supply Shortage Stages and the Drought Contingency Plan Matrix.

Metropolitan Water District’s Turf Replacement Program

This new Metropolitan program rewards landscape designs that incorporate water-saving plants, technology, irrigation systems and hardware. The result may be a beautiful bee-butterfly-and-bird attracting landscape that is sustainable and can save a significant amount of water. Rebates start at $2 per square foot and may be more depending on additional local water agency incentives. For information on Metropolitan Water District’s Turf Replacement Program please visit www.bewaterwise.com/turf-replacement-program.html.

Here are some easy ways to reduce water use:

How to Reduce Your Water Use Indoors

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How to Garden in a Drought

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Programs to Help You Save Water & Money

We like to help our customers save water and money! Click on a links below to learn about the programs available to assist customers with the cost of installing water-efficient devices in their home or business. Once installed, water-saving devices can help you save water and reduce water bills for years to come. For this information and more, click a link!

	Commercial			Residential
	Ways To Save			Rebates
	Videos			Save our Water Spanish