Informational Links

H²OUSE: Water Saver Home Take the tour to investigate your water saving opportunities in each area of your home. Click on each room/device to show you both the facts and specific advice.Visit H²OUSE

WATER USE IT WISELY
The Water - Use It Wisely conservation campaign is all about giving voice to water - Your voice! The site has bountiful information, links, tips and resources to help you and your family or business begin the wise use of water. Visit WATER USE IT WISELY

California's Water Crisis
Despite intense media attention and focus, the public is largely unaware of the state’s water problems. This website begins to educate Californians about critical challenges now confronting the state’s water supply and delivery systemVisit California's Water Crisis

San Diego KPBS
KPBS is San Diego's premiere source for local water news and events. We highly recommended viewing the Tapped Out Video (currently unavailable). We have informed KPBS and will let you know when it is available again. Update 08/2009Visit KPBS SD Water News

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San Diego Rebates

Get the Money you Deserve Several rebate programs geared to helping out residents, multi-family units, businesses, and public institutions to save water are there just waiting for you to take advantage of them. We strongly encourage you to look over the programs. You can receive as much as $200 for a new toilet or $400 for High-Efficiency, Ultra Low and Zero Water Urinals.

To learn how to take advantage of these rebates contact Water Saver Solutions. We can help you get the rebate you deserve.

760.749.8000

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FEATURED WATER SAVING NEWS

Rediscover Mono Lake

Posted: 11/2008

Mono Lake, once imperiled by the excessive diversions of water to Los Angeles, celebrates 10 years of being saved this year.

It was a simple vote that took place on September 28, 1994, not unlike hundreds of votes that occur in the state’s capitol every day. But the unanimous revision of the LA’s water rights that resulted was deeply meaningful— transforming Mono Lake from a symbol of environmental destruction into a shining example of how both people and nature can have the water they need.

California Drought Continues

Posted: 10/2008

The drought gripping California is different than any we have experienced before, caused by a confluence of issues that cannot be solved by rainfall alone. If the calls for water conservation seem like business as usual, think again. This is not a case of the common drought.

Lake Oroville - 2005	Lake Oroville - 2008

In June, 2005 the elevation of Lake Oroville was 897.12 feet. By February 2008 the elevation had dropped to 719.86 feet. The lake lost 2,079,738 acre feet of water during that time.

“Our water supply is dangerously low due to record dry conditions and environmental factors,” said Metropolitan Board Chairman Timothy F. Brick. “We have entered a new and worrisome water era, where the problems of below-normal rain and snowfall are made much worse by water supply restrictions due to deteriorating environmental conditions. It is time to make every drop count.”

Massive cuts in Water Supply Deliveries from the Bay Delta

Posted: 8/2007

U. S. District Court Judge Oliver W. Wanger announced a series of severe restrictions on the operations of the massive pumps that supply water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to 25 million Californians (about two-thirds of all Californians), including 3 million residents of San Diego County, to protect threatened fish in the Bay-Delta.

For San Diego County, supplies from the Bay-Delta in recent years have provided more than one-third of all water used in the county. A significant reduction in supplies from the State Water Project could have serious impacts in San Diego County.

“We are clearly facing a serious water crisis throughout California,” said Fern Steiner, chair of the San Diego County Water Authority’s board of directors.

Verify that your home is leak free.

Many homes have hidden water leaks. Read your water meter before and after a two-hour period when no water is being used. If the meter does not read exactly the same, there is a leak.

To learn more about reading your meter or finding leaks in your home contact Water Saver Solutions, 760.749.8000.

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Governor Schwarzenegger Proclaims Drought and Orders Immediate Action to Address Situation
Following two straight years of below-average rainfall, very low snowmelt runoff and the largest court-ordered water transfer restrictions in state history, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today proclaimed a statewide drought and issued an Executive Order, which takes immediate action to address a dire situation where numerous California communities are being forced to mandate water conservation or rationing.read more