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City of Ukiah is serious about water conservation

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on July 4, 2009 at 7:45 am

From the Ukiah Daily Journal:

If you waste precious water during this particularly dry period in Ukiah’s history, you might just have the City of Ukiah’s Water Conservation Coordinator Brandy Wood to deal with.

“Normally the way that I know someone is wasting water is just through phone call from a neighbor or person passing by or some of our staff or myself might notice it,” said Wood, who also mans the city’s water conservation hotline in addition to making house calls. “We just do a doorhanger, unless they’re there and then I’ll just to talk to them.”

Wood, who just earned her degree in environmental science and has worked with Real Goods in the past, said that though mandatory conservation measures were now in effect for the city, education was still the strongest tool in their toolbox.

“We just want to let people know,” she said. “Generally when someone is wasting water they’re not intentionally doing so. It’s just not a thought that has come to their minds. Our intent is to educate them and let them know what the voluntary measures are as well as now we have the mandatory measures. Education would be the first step.”

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July 4, 2009 · Filed Under Conservation, Northern California

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