Valley Water Recommendations Help VTA Reduce Water Usage

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is the latest to advertise abundant reductions in its baptize use as a absolute aftereffect of implementing Valley Water's recommendations. VTA said that it had cut baptize acceptance by 1.54 actor gallons, the agnate of 2.3 Olympic sized pond pools, during the aboriginal four months of 2008 by utilizing Valley Water's chargeless Irrigation Technical Assistance (ITAP) and Water Use Survey programs.

San Jose, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) August 21, 2008 -- This year's aridity has an accretion amount of businesses authoritative use of the Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) assorted attention programs. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) is the latest to advertise abundant reductions in its baptize use as a absolute aftereffect of implementing Valley Water's recommendations.

We acknowledge VTA's proactive access to attention water, abnormally during this time of drought. By demography advantage of our programs and rebates and by implementing our recommendations, VTA will save millions of gallons of water. These changes will advice them save about 40 percent in baptize consumption VTA said that it had cut baptize acceptance by 1.54 actor gallons, the agnate of 2.3 Olympic sized pond pools, during the aboriginal four months of 2008 by utilizing Valley Water's chargeless Irrigation Technical Assistance (ITAP) and Water Use Survey programs.

Valley Water conducted absolute baptize attention assessments of 17 of VTA's accessories and fabricated a amount of recommendations on how it could abate its baptize acceptance anywhere from 31 percent to 46 percent depending on the facility. Some of the recommendations that VTA has already implemented are acclimation above irrigation problems at alteration accompanying facilities, esplanade and ride lots, above leaks at ablaze abuse stations, as able-bodied as replacing earlier toilets, faucets and battery active with added able models.

"We acknowledge VTA's proactive access to attention water, abnormally during this time of drought. By demography advantage of our programs and rebates and by implementing our recommendations, VTA will save millions of gallons of water. These changes will advice them save about 40 percent in baptize consumption," said Valley Water Chairperson, Rosemary Kamei.
The afterward Valley Water programs are chargeless and can advice businesses and schools save water, activity and money.

Free Indoor and Outdoor Water Surveys:
Valley Water is alms calm and alfresco baptize surveys for commercial, institutional and automated barter in Santa Clara County. These absolute calm and alfresco baptize surveys are a abundant way for businesses to analyze abeyant baptize ability opportunities. After the analysis is completed, a address is generated that contains a arbitrary appraisal of anniversary facility's baptize use, cost-saving recommendations, and advice on Valley Water programs that advice pay for recommended baptize ability projects.

Irrigation Technical Assistance Program:
 

This avant-garde affairs helps mural managers advance their irrigation efficiency. Auditors accomplish chargeless website evaluations to abetment acreage owners in bigger managing their baptize use. Commercial and residential participants in Valley Water's chargeless Irrigation Technical Assistance Program can now authorize for rebates on baptize able accouterments upgrades. Irrigation System Hardware Rebate Program
Provides rebates to abetment homeowners and mural managers in the accession of their site-specific accouterments advancement recommendations.
A few examples of condoning accouterments include:    
 
Replacing top appliance amount nozzles Retrofitting irrigation controllers with rain shut off devices    Replacing altered sprinkler active Installing burden acclimation valves Irrigation sub-meters
Free High-Efficiency Toilet Program:
 
Valley Water will accommodate and install chargeless high-efficiency toilets to condoning businesses and schools in Santa Clara County. These advanced toilets even at 1.28 gallons per even or less, extenuative baptize and money.By demography advantage of these chargeless programs, Santa Clara County's businesses and schools can abate their baptize use and advice to accomplish a aberration during this time of drought. To apprentice added about these and added programs, amuse appointment www.valleywater.org.

The Santa Clara Valley Water District manages broad bubbler baptize assets and provides administration for the county's watersheds, including 10 reservoirs, hundreds of afar of streams and groundwater basins. Valley Water aswell provides flood aegis throughout Santa Clara County.

Contact:
Susan Siravo
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Office: (408) 265-2607, ext. 2290
Mobile: (408) 398-0754