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- Supplies an average of 20.2 million gallons of reclaimed water per day to more than 15,000 residential and commercial customers. Another 10,000 locations are in the queue for connection to the distribution system. The program started for residential use in 1994.
- Established pro-active and thorough water conservation education and enforcement program.
- In conjunction with the Office of Neighborhood Relations’ mini-grant program, provides 20 annual grants of up to $2,500 each to encourage the conversion of traditional irrigation systems on homeowner association common areas to micro-irrigation.
- Coordinated toilet rebate program from 1994 through 2008 that helped residents replace approximately 78,000 older model toilets with ultra-low flow toilets.
- Provides joint funding for Southwest Florida Water Management District’s Water Conservation in Hotels And Motels Program (CHAMP) to purchase promotional materials that are placed in the participating lodge rooms. These materials encourage voluntary choice of room occupants to not have their linens washed on a daily basis, saving water and energy.
- Provides no-cost irrigation system evaluations to property owners. Individualized reports are provided back to the property owners with recommendations on how to correct problems that are discovered, which frequently result in water use efficiencies.
- Contracting a scientific evaluation of Weather-Based, or ET-Based, irrigation controllers with the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida to evaluate if this technology is valid for our climate and geology.
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