Reduce Water Use

Lower Your Water Bill, Reduce Your Water Footprint

Here are a few tips to reduce water use while keeping your lawn healthy:

• Water less frequently and for a longer duration. This will help establish a deeper root system and helps your lawn become more drought tolerant. Once you’ve watered, hold off watering again until it shows one or more of the signs of wilt.

• Check that your rain sensor is working properly. Rain sensors are designed to interrupt the automatic irrigation of your lawn when a rain event happens.

• Reduce your turf grass area. Grass is your yard's biggest water user and Alachua County’s Turf SWAP program offers up to $2,000 in rebates to help reduce it!  Visit MyYardOurWater or contact Hgreer@AlachuaCounty.us for more information.

• Turn off irrigation zones with established trees and shrubs. Most shrubs can make it on rainfall alone once roots have established.  

Follow these links to find more tips & programs to reduce your water use:

• Alachua County Environmental Protection: My Yard, Our Water

• Alachua County Fertilizer Ordinance 

• UF/IFAS Extension Urban Water: Programs for Homeowners

• St. Johns River Water Management District Water Saving Resources

• St. Johns River Water Management District Online Home Water Use Survey

• Gainesville Regional Utilities Water Saving Tools & Info

• Gainesville Regional Utilities Energy and Water On-Site Home Survey

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