Water Savings Incentive Program___
The WSIP offers financial incentives to commercial, industrial, agricultural and municipal entities to help them customize water-saving projects. The One Water Awards highlighted the successes of WSIP participants to increase visibility of the program and encourage more participation. Dive into Metropolitan’s extraordinary One Water award honorees.
City of Chino___
The city of Chino maintains its public open spaces for residents to enjoy but keeps a close eye on their irrigation. Through the WSIP, the city installed wireless soil moisture sensors starting with one of its parks.
This move to track landscape water needs more precisely is projected to save the city up to 112 million gallons of water over the next 10 years. Watch a video of the project.
City of Huntington Beach___
The city of Huntington Beach has made it its mission to improve its water-use efficiency. By using a NO-DES truck during standard fire hydrant flushing operations, water is now captured and reused.
This is projected to save up to 182 million gallons of water over the next 10 years. Watch the video of the NO-DES truck in use.
Los Angeles County Arboretum___
The Los Angeles County Arboretum hosts diverse collections of California Friendly® and native plants that thrive in semi-arid and Mediterranean climates. Sitting on a large groundwater basin, the Arboretum has historically embraced water-efficient technologies.
The additional funding from the WSIP allowed them to upgrade their irrigation system and save up to 350 million gallon over the next 10 years. View the waterwise botanical landscape.
Rice Canyon Ranch___
Rice Canyon Ranch is a family-owned avocado grove in Fallbrook that’s been in business for more than 20 years. The family owners turned to the latest water efficiency science to secure a more sustainable future for their ranch.
They use high-density planting and tree grafting, which is expected to save more than 381 million gallons of water over the next 10 years. Watch a video of the thriving avocado grove.
Ventura County Fire Department___
One of the top priorities of the Ventura County Fire Department is to improve training operations while being water wise. With support from the WSIP, the department introduced a water-recirculating system into their day-to-day training operations. This allowed firefighters to practice with real-world, life-saving scenarios with recirculated water.
Each unit is expected to save up to 47 million gallons of water over the next 10 years. Watch a video for an inside look.
Victoria Village Homeowners Association___
In Riverside County, Victoria Village Homeowners Association features nearly 200 homes on 35 acres of beautiful, tree-lined open space. To ensure these spaces are protected while making significant adjustments to water use, the association upgraded its entire irrigation system.
Wireless soil moisture sensors were installed to save a projected 58 million gallons of water over the next 10 years. Watch a video of the technology.
Collective Effort Toward Conservation___
Metropolitan encourages small and large commercial businesses to take advantage of the WSIP and many other financial incentives available through bewaterwise.com. While Metropolitan invests in our infrastructure to withstand future drought, we appreciate the water-saving efforts made by the public to ensure Southern Californians have reliable water supplies far into the future.
