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New report – Making Every Drop Work: How California businesses can save water & money

Posted by: Maven on May 27, 2009 at 6:46 am

From the NRDC Switchboard Blog:

So many of us have taken measures to reduce the amount of water we use in our homes, but think about the tremendous amount of time you spend in other settings. About one third of urban water use takes place in non-residential settings – this is water used in the state’s commercial, industrial and institutional sector (think office buildings, hotels, oil refineries, golf courses, schools and universities, gyms, restaurants and manufacturers). In California, these places use over 2 million acre feet– enough water to fill more than one million Olympic-sized swimming pools.

Right now there is legislation pending in the California Assembly (AB 49) that would reduce urban water use 20 percent by 2020, including the commercial, industrial and institutional (CII)sector.

Today, NRDC released a new report that shows the CII sector how they can help California meet that goal with water efficiency measures – improving the state’s water supply and saving themselves money at the same time.

Read more from the NRDC Switchboard Blog by clicking here. You can read the report, Making Every Drop Work, by clicking here.

May 27, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation

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