WaterSmart
Four Reasons to
be WaterSmart
WaterSmart is where our San Diego lifestyle
and water efficiency meet
In San Diego County, summer ends in October and spring starts in
February, which means more warm, sunny weekends than anywhere else in
the country for riding our beloved longboards, horses and Harleys.
Our Mediterranean climate occurs in just six places on the planet – on the
western edges of continents, between 30 degrees and 40 degrees latitude,
north and south of the equator. This is the sweet spot where you find
California and the Mediterranean Basin – think Provence and Tuscany –
in the northern hemisphere, and Santiago, Cape Town and Perth in the
Southern Hemisphere.
Life's fun when it only rains 42 days a year, but that little bit of rain doesn't
produce enough water to supply the more than three million people who live
here or sustain our growing economy.
The San Diego County Water Authority began importing water in the 1940s
and diversifying our water resources in the 1990s. Water efficiency is so
important because it reduces demand for more expensive water resources.
Read on for four reasons to be WaterSmart!
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