Living Water Wise Columns

Everybody’s talking about water conservation but c’mon, who’s doing anything about it?  Let’s talk about a few steps you can take to reduce water consumption in your home garden.

Our friends at the California Pool and Spa Association are launching a campaign, “Let’s Pool Together," to educate pool and spa owners, and industry professionals, about ways to maximize water efficiency this summer. “Many people assume pools and spas waste water, but that’s just not true,” said Mike Geremia, CPSA chairman and owner of Geremia Pools. “Because pools and spas often replace traditional lawns, which are very water intensive, every pool and spa actually saves thousands of gallons...

Save Our Water this week is launching a new statewide radio campaign to bring awareness to, and educate, Californians on how to save water every day. The radio campaign builds on an extensive statewide outdoor billboard program unveiled by Save Our Water last week. Listen to the radio ads here on our Vimeo channel! Coinciding with Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. commemorating May as Save Our Water Month and his recent call to prevent water waste, the radio advertisements will bring a message of...

As drought-parched California moves into another long, hot summer, the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and other agencies are observing May as “Save Our Water” month as proclaimed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. Save Our Water – a campaign of DWR and the Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) -- has launched a statewide media campaign utilizing Public Service Announcements, radio, billboards and social media urging Californians to save water every day. Details and conservation...

Save Our Water has launched a statewide outdoor media campaign to bring awareness to and educate Californians on how to save water every day. In tackling the worst drought in a generation, the campaign captures Californians’ spirit of conservation delivering the message through simple, yet eye-catching billboards, which appeals to the Californian ethic – we are Californians and we don’t waste. Check out the billboards in this Facebook photo album.  The paid media campaign comes as California...

With California facing its worst water shortage crisis in modern history, Save Our Water – a partnership between the Association of California Water Agencies(ACWA) and the California Department of Water Resources(DWR) – has launched a ‘Californians Don’t Waste’Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign to bring awareness to simple ways citizens can save water every day. The public service campaign efforts kicked off this week with the release of several short videos focused on the simple, yet...