WATER CONSERVATION REBATE PROGRAM
2015-16
INVESTMENT WATER SAVINGS REACH
$
$450 million
(For fiscal years 2014-2016)
70 million gallons/day
160,000 households/year
400,000 people
CONSERVATION INVESTMENT$800 MILLION SINCE 1990 AND GROWING
1990
ABOUT 200 GALLONS PER PERSON/ PER DAY
RESULTSLOWERING DAILY WATER USE BY NEARLY 35%
TODAY
ABOUT 131 GALLONS PER PERSON/ PER DAY
TOILET AND WASHER REBATES
ROTATING SPRINKLER NOZZLE REBATES
COMMERCIAL DEVICES
About 3.9 million About 2.7 million About 2 million
T H E M E T R O P O L I T A N W A T E R D I S T R I C T O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A
LESS LAWNS, MORE WATER
EXTRA WATER TO MAINTAIN LAWN*
44 gallons/ sq.foot/year
*Compared to a California Friendly® landscape
TURF REMOVED
More than 160 million sq.ft.
POTENTIAL ANNUAL WATER SAVINGS
About 7.5 billion gallons
VISITS TO BEWATERWISE.COMLAUNCH YEAR 2003/04: 162,000 VISITORS 2016: 1.6 MILLION VISITORS
HISTORIC WEATHER CONDITIONS
2013 2014 2015
THE DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD
IN CALIFORNIA
THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD
IN CALIFORNIA
THE LOWEST SNOWPACK EVER RECORDED
IN CALIFORNIA
WATER USE PLUNGESMETROPOLITAN USES LESS WATER TODAY TO SERVE 19 MILLION PEOPLE
THAN IT USED IN 1990 TO SERVE 14 MILLION PEOPLE.
01/2017
T H E M E T R O P O L I T A N W A T E R D I S T R I C T O F S O U T H E R N C A L I F O R N I A
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