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via bostonherald.com
Rainy days may bring you down, but they also could come in handy to help bring down your water bill — as well as your impact on the environment.
Aquarion Water Co. is selling 55-gallon rain barrels to area residents for $79.95, a price that’s below the average retail cost of $120.
“Rain [...]

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On Golf Courses, Sensors Help Save Water- Golf accounts for 0.5 percent of annual water usage in the United States

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GE will begin selling a heat pump and water heater that can reportedly halve energy consumption compared to traditional heat pumps. The heat pump has three controllable settings that reduce its temperature or power it down coompletely during peak hours. Consumers using the smart heat pump will save about $250 annually in energy costs.
Other smart [...]

via jacksonville.com

Floridians can always rely on sunshine, but rainfall is highly unpredictable.
This makes water resource management one of Florida’s greatest challenges, but also one of its greatest rewards.
In the St. Johns River Water Management District, water conservation is the cornerstone to sustaining the 18-county region’s water supply. The district works to promote conservation of water [...]

Miami-Dade students’ winning water conservation posters chosen
More than 1,000 entries were received for a water conservation poster contest with a single winner chose from each district.
SPECIAL TO THE MIAMI HERALD
The Miami-Dade Water-Use Efficiency Program recently sponsored a poster contest aimed at engaging children as ambassadors of water conservation. The ”Every Drop Counts” Poster Contest, which [...]

Reduced water supply for the Denver area is one of the possible side effects of global warming. Denver Water is focusing on how to adapt to projected changes in the water supply for an already semi-arid region. In addition to considering other sources of water, by doing things like enlarging Gross Resevoir south of Boulder, [...]

Florida Recognizes Week of May 10-16 as Water Reuse Week
-DEP aggressively pushing ‘reuse’ as essential to Florida’s water future-
TALLAHASSEE - Highlighting the fact that water reuse is essential to ensuring safe, clean and sustainable water resources, Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Michael W. Sole recognize May 10-16, 2009, [...]

As the dry summer approaches, 79 percent of Californians plan to conserve water, motivated more by helping the environment and their pocketbooks than any government mandate, according to a survey released Monday by San Jose State University.
As the state heads into summer, the findings can help water districts decide how to best urge people to [...]