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Going against the flow: City program provides free water-use analysis in conservation push

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 24, 2009 at 7:10 am

From Stockton’s Record:

Julie Low’s toilet earned applause from a city worker carrying a clipboard. “Now this is a good toilet,” the man gushed, admiring its 1.6-gallon flush.

But outside Low’s north Stockton home, there was work to be done. Sprinklers watered her flagstone patio. A mountain spring – it looked like one, anyhow – gurgled from some rocks along her driveway with nary a sprig of green to nourish. “Oh, my goodness,” Low said, genuinely surprised by the test, since the sprinklers normally go off at 4 a.m. “Look at all the water wasted. It’s like a river.”

But since Mike King’s visit last week, Low, 74, has already adjusted her sprinklers and fixed the broken pipe that was the source of the mysterious “spring.”

For the first time, the city is offering free surveys to anyone interested in reducing water waste. The idea is not to condemn but to critique your water habits constructively.

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June 24, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation, San Joaquin Valley

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