- Author: Tammy Majcherek
Homeowners associations are now making outdoor landscaping and irrigation decisions with real water consequences. That's why the Orange County Stormwater Program (a division of the county's public works department) is inviting you to be a part of H2O for HOAs, a targeted outreach program aimed at homeowners associations to provide hands-on information on water-efficient irrigation techniques to save water and eliminate runoff.
Experts say more than 50 percent of Southern California's drinking water is used in outdoor irrigation. Combine this statistic with the damaging ocean pollution caused by urban runoff due to overwatering, and it's clear why many Orange County residents are becoming more water efficient.
Our program has made water use efficiency and storm water/urban runoff education and outreach a priority activity among homeowners associations throughout the county. H2O for HOAs will present a forum through which the county may directly reach association board members, management companies, and landscape and irrigation contractors through a series of half-day, morning workshops on March 9 at Santiago Canyon College and March 17 at The Bell Tower Community Center in Rancho Santa Margarita.
We're partnering with both the Municipal Water District of Orange County and the UC Cooperative Extension, as well as community leaders and stakeholders who know California is facing historic drought conditions. Topics will include:
• Current Drought and Water Supply Conditions
• Reducing water consumption with landscape and irrigation system retrofits
• Stormwater and Water Quality Regulations
• Landscape and Irrigation System Rebates
• Drought Tolerant “California Friendly” Landscaping
• Maintaining a Healthy Landscape
We hope you'll join us. Please reply to the program's coordinator, Justin Glover at justin@communicationslab.com or (949) 215-5539 to reserve your space at no charge.
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