WaterSense Makes It Easy to Save 2023 Accomplishments Report oEPA ------- WaterSense Makes It Easy to Save WaterSense, a partnership program sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), partners with manufacturers, retailers, builders, utilities, organizations, and communities to help consumers and businesses save water, energy, and money. Since 2006, the WaterSense label has made it easy to identify water-efficient products, homes, and programs. Millions of Americans lookto WaterSense for certified, high- performing products and keep coming backfor water savings. 50,000 45,000 40.000 35,000 30.000 25.000 20.000 15,000 -- 10,000 5.000 -- 45,938 Total WaterSense Labeled Product Models Irrigation Controllers 989 8.7 trillion gallons of water *********************** * 2007-2019 44444444444444444444444 4 2020 44444444*4444*4444*4444 * .. 2021 WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW 2022 AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 2023 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii44444 1-2 trillion That's the water used in nearly 11 months sf^ฐdnfn by all U.S. households! 2023 WaterSense has more than 2,200 organizational partners 1 -9 Partner Totals by State 10-24 I I 25-49 H 50-99 ฆ 100+ WaterSense has helped reduce the amount of energy needed to pump, treat, and heat water by ^+1 997 billion kilowatt hours, enough to supply a year's worth > of power to more than ' 92 > million Hi ฆ 'S-5'' ...eliminating nearly 379 million ~ metric tons A of greenhouse gas emissions... m ...the equivalent of planting ...and saving consumers $207 billion in water and 6.3 billion trees... energy bills ^2023 WaterSense Partners of the Year^ Sustained Excellence Award Winners Athens-Clarke County (Georgia) Public Utilities Department Citrus County (Florida) Utilities City of Charlottesville (Virginia) City of Durham (North Carolina) Water Management City of Piano (Texas) City of Sacramento Department of Utilities Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Upper San GabrielValley (California) Municipal Water District Fulton Homes KB Home KohlerCo. Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership (California) Partners of the Year Harris-Galveston (Texas) Subsidence District Houston Public Works Rancho California Water District Santa Clara Valley (California) Water District Tarrant (Texas) Regional Water District Vallecitos (California) Water District Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership Niagaraฎ The Home Depot Excellence Award Winners Big Bear Lake Department of Water and Power (California) Irvine Ranch Water District (California) Kearns Improvement District (Utah) Monte Vista Water District (California) San Diego County (California) Water Authority TheToro Company Sacramento Suburban Water District (California) Cobb County (Georgia) Water System Department of Water, County of Kaua'i (Hawaii) Alameda County (California) Water District California Water Service Company City of Flagstaff (Arizona) City of Tucson (Arizona)/ Tucson Water Marin Municipal Water District (California) Metropolitan Council (Minnesota) San Dieguito Water District (California) Tampa Bay (Florida) Water Utah Division of Water Resources Smart Rain Hunter Industries Alliance for Water Efficiency American Water G3, Green Gardens Group (Los Angeles) SCV Water (Santa Clarita Valley, California) Metropolitan Water District of Southern California ------- Building a Bigger Community of WaterSense Labeled Homes In 2023,49 new builder partners joined the program and committed to constructing homes to earn the WaterSense label, and nearly 4,000 homes earned the label! Throughout 2023, WaterSense continued to build upon resources to promote WaterSense labeled homes. In collaboration with WaterSense buiider partner KB Home, WaterSense developed a case study of KB Home's Oak Shade and Durango communities in Menifee, California, that feature over 200 WaterSense labeled homes. WaterSense also published a series of fact sheets that highlight how much watera WaterSense labeled home can save compared to a typical home in cities across the United States. The Technical Reference Manual for WaterSense Labeled Homes helps builders, verifiers, tradespeople, and others implement water-efficient features in and outside a home. Putting WaterSense to Work With Water Efficiency Best Management Practices To help commercial and institutional facilities understand and manage their water use, WaterSense offers a compilation of Best Management Practices (BMPs). many of which were updated with new technologies in 2023. The updated Getting Started With Water Management section covers water management planning, education and outreach, codes, standards, and voluntary programs. WaterSense also updated sections on Water Use Monitoring, Sanitary Fixtures and Equipment, and Outdoor Water Use, and is continuingto make updates through 2024. WaterSense Makes Outreach Easier With Strategy Updates to the Marketing Workbook To help WaterSense partners make the most of their water conservation marketing and outreach efforts within their communities, WaterSense updated its popular Community-Based Social Marketing Workbook. The workbook covers all the ins and outs of social marketing, a practice that uses marketing principles and techniques to influence behavioral change in priority audiences that will benefit society as well as individuals. The guide includes how-to instructions, tips, and worksheets to walk partners through the social marketing planning process to enhance the success of theirwater conservation outreach. WaterSenseฎ Community-Based Social Marketing Workbook Community-Based Social WaterSense Continues Improving Product Specs to Increase Savings In 2023, WaterSense released a draft specification to establish water efficiency and performance criteria for spray sprinkler nozzles that distribute water on a landscape. WaterSense also released a draft of Version 2.0 of the WaterSense Specification for Tank-Type toilets, wren established the same maximum flush volume requirement for both single-flush toilets and the full-flush mode of dual-flush toilets, among other changes that will be implemented in 2025. This change ensures dual-flush toilet users will save water even when they use the full flush! Coming in 2024: Encouraging Outdoor Water Conservation With Homeowners Associations and Better Yards To help Homeowners Associations (HOAs) reach their outdoor water efficiency and cost-savings goals, WaterSense is creating a new web page with tips, tools, and resources to champion water-saving efforts in common landscape areas in neighborhoods. To help homeowners find the water-efficient landscape that fits their lifestyle, WaterSense is creating new resources to promote better yards with photos of real- world examples of landscapes using WaterSense labeled products and water-smart practices. PHONE (866) WTR-SENS (987-7367) WEBSITE www.epa.gov/watersense EMAIL watersense@epa.gov ฃ EDA EPA-832-F-24-009 V/Urt June 2024 ------- |