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NRDC report shows how California businesses can cut water use in half

Posted by: Maven on May 31, 2009 at 7:13 am

From Reuters News:

Existing technologies and practices can help California businesses save up to 1.3 million acre-feet of water every year — that’s enough to meet the needs of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco, according to a new research.

The Natural Resources Defense Council published a comprehensive report this week about the array of water-saving opportunities available for the commercial, industrial and institutional sector (CII) in the nation’s most populous state.

The release of “Making Every Drop Work: Increasing Water Efficiency in California’s Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional (CII) Sector” comes at a time when water issues are drawing increasingly more attention with California facing its third consecutive drought year. At the same time, it’s working to meet a statewide goal of reducing per capita water use 20 percent by 2020.

Although based on the water-saving potential in California, the report’s recommendations are in many ways universal and the technologies can be applied to other regions. The report estimate’s California’s CII sector is responsible for about a third of urban water use, but technologies such as high-efficiency toilets and fixtures, water meters and sensors, and on-site treatment can cut consumption by as much as 50 percent.

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May 31, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation

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