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San Antonio, TX

San Antonio Water System reduces water usage nearly 50% through conservation measures

A “conservation first” approach that treats conservation as a source of water supply. This includes three primary strategies: (1) education and outrea...

San Diego, CA

Water Conservation Home Makeover at Chollas Creek

This pilot project provides water conservation ‘home makeovers’ to 50 low income homes in Encanto, a disadvantaged community in San Diego County. The ...

Santa Fe, NM

Fostering a culture of water efficiency in the Santa Fe Water Division

Diversified water conservation and efficiency programs, projects, and regulations that promote decentralized infrastructure.

Denver, CO

Denver Establishes 6 Green Workforce Development and Training Programs

Denver awarded $2.6 million through its Climate Protection Fund to create and expand workforce training programs for clean energy jobs. The Office of ...

Surrey, UK

SES Water Conservation Program

Customers answer simple questions and are able to see how much water they use and what they can save using the aqKWa Savings Engine™.The personalized ...

Boulder, CO

Boulder Water Utility: Avoiding too much and too little water

City of Boulder Water Utility and the City's community partners work together to provide local community-based water conservation services and establi...

Soquel, CA

Coastal water district lessens the vulnerability of drinking water supply

Soquel Creek Water District aggregates and optimizes data workflow as saltwater intrusion threatens its potable water supply, state groundwater regula...

Colorado

Sustainable Flood Wall Guards Resident Property Against Post-Wildfire Flash Floods

Wildfires that tore through Colorado in 2020 put homes at risk for devastating flash floods and led the state to assess how best to protect resident p...

London, ON, Canada

Local districts across great lakes manage water quality & flooding risks in cost-effective co-op

Ontario law establishes 36 Conservation Authorities (CAs) to manage natural resources & environmental health on a per watershed basis. About 20 CAs ha...

Arizona

13B Gallons of Water Replenish Overpumped San Pedro River Groundwater Supplies

The groundwater supplies of the San Pedro River, named one of America’s Last Great Places, were drying up due to the overpumping of its aquifer. Throu...