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Now is the time to get started on a conservation plan to improve water quality.
It is a known fact that 70% of the earth’s surface is made up of water. But did you know that only 1% is in the drinkable form of fresh water?
Conservation buffers are a simple way for farmers and land owners [...]

Our Low flow shower heads are made with precision engineering and make for a better shower! Quality manufactured low flow shower heads that conserve and save.
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Excess pressure wastes water and damages fixtures.
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A record percentage of Illinois cropland acres, 49.9 percent, were farmed with conservation tillage last year, according to a statewide survey released last week by the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA). IDOA, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, and the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service started the soil erosion and crop tillage survey in 1994.
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Use Efficient drip irrigation for trees, shrubs and flowers.
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Dr. Jane Goodall tours the Water Conservation Garden created by Roots and Shoots students at Headwaters Corner in Calabasas, CA Monday October 26, 2009. Under the guidance of Mountains Restoration Trust, the garden is a long-term project of local students involved in Roots and Shoots, the Jane Goodall Institute’s global humanitarian and environmental youth [...]

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Choose EnergyStar and WaterSense products. Upgrade your home to conserve & save.

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If you’re thinking of starting the day with a nice, crisp beer, you might want to know that a two-day conference on water conservation for craft brewers has its first toast today at Discover World Museum at Pier Wisconsin.
Representatives from craft brewers nationwide, as well as conservationists and state leaders, will be there.
Speaking of water, [...]

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Residents of the Yulee Area residence hall complex on the University of Florida campus are being asked to take five minute showers. They are piloting water conservation education efforts sponsored by the Department of Housing and Residence Education Green Team/Recycling/Sustainability Committee.
Water conservation messages are posted throughout the area, including [...]

Our view: The water is back, so let’s keep it thereThe rain this week made for some gloomy days, but there was a bright spot amidst the precipitation. For the first time since 2005, Lake Lanier reached full pool.
It’s an amazing recovery for a lake that as recently as December was 20 feet below full [...]