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City giving away water conservation kits | Daily Progress

The Charlottesville government will give away water conservation kits to city residents every Friday for the rest of the summer while supplies last.
The free kits will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Fridays in front of City Hall.
The tools are part of an ongoing program to save water. [...]

Water Conservation Tour Hits Bend | Help Save 2 Billion Gallons

July 26, 2010

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Making its way around the nation, The Conservation Tour - with its “Responsible Bathroom,” makes a stop in Bend on Monday.
 
It’s a tour bus featuring environmentally friendly bathroom features that look and act like your standard faucets and toilets, but save gallons of water.
 
Plumbers from around town walked through the bus, taking [...]

How to save water? Four families compete in EPA contest

Mile High Youth Corps member Jamie Wilson, 21, of Rolesville, N.C., installs a low-flow kitchen sink aerator in the Denver rental home of Marlene Vasquez.

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By Marc Piscotty for USA TODAY

To promote water conservation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency kicked off an educational campaign today that features [...]

Monitor Your Water Use From Your Computer | NBC New York

Monitor Your Water Use From Your Computer City kicks off “real-time online water use tracking for homeowners and businesses”

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City water customers will be able to monitor their home or business’s water usage online thanks to wireless water meters being installed as part of the mayor’s Automated [...]

Water district lifts one-day-per-week water Citrus County

Water district lifts one-day-per-week water restrictions

The Southwest Florida Water Management District’s Governing Board voted today to let the modified Phase II water shortage restrictions expire on Wednesday.
Local governments will have the option of returning to the District’s twice-per-week, year-round water conservation measures starting July 1.
Click on the link at the end of this [...]