Tag: water conservation
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Water Conservation and Sustainability Simplified
Innovative outdoor faucets offer freeze and leak protection. When buyers search for a new home, they’re looking for more than beauty – although that’s always an enticing aspect of finding the right new home. Today’s savvy buyers of all genera…
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The Water Efficiency Rating Score (WERS)
Prime: prime Subtitle: The Green Builder Coalition’s new tool is ready Images: The Green Builder Coalition has been working hard on their Water Efficiency Rating Score — the WERS — for homes. The inaugural WERS training happened in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in March. I was in that class, and I learned a lot. The program…
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A New Water Saving Showerhead
Making a home water efficient often comes down to they type of showerheads that are installed. To combat water waste when showering, a California-based company has come up with an innovative showerhead called Eva. This is a Bluetooth-connected showerhead, which works with any sized shower attachment, and the makers say it has the capability of…
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Will Congress Act to Prevent Mega-Drought in Colorado River Basin?
“We need to make sure the Colorado River Basin Study is used to combat this imbalance and potential mega-drought–we can hope and pray for rain, but we need to plan for a worst-case scenario that supplies water and protects the river in the 21st Century.”