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Mr. Little
Ten Culver City organizations will be honored at next Monday’s City Council meeting for implementing water-efficient practices within their regular operating procedures.
West Basin Municipal Water District, in partnership with the City of Culver City and the Golden State Water Co., will acknowledge the efforts of the following groups:
- The School District.
- El Astro Motel.
- El Marino Language School.
- Fox Hills Pines Homeowners Assn.
- Haas Entertainment.
- MDR Associates.
- Sony Pictures.
- Travelodge.
- West Los Angeles College.
- Vets Park.
“Culver City strives to be an environmentally conscious community,” new Mayor Jeff Cooper said. “The city is pleased to be a partner in recognizing the efforts of local businesses, the School District and West L.A. College. I hope they are an inspiration to others.”
The venerable Ed Little, West Basin’s Director, will join the City Council and Golden State Water, in thanking the organizations for serving as community models.
“These organizations have installed hundreds of high-efficiency devices,” Mr. Little said. He mentioned high-efficiency sprinkler nozzles, toilets, urinals and cooling tower controllers.
Collectively, Mr. Little said, they save 11 million gallons every year, enough water for 68 households.”
West Basin’s conservation programs allow coastal businesses and organizations to conserve water, save money and contribute to the service area’s future water portfolio.
Among their conservation programs:
- Cash for Kitchens – Provides restaurants and food service facilities with a water-use audit and free water saving devices, such as pre-rinse kitchen sprayers and water brooms,
- Recirc and Save – This is for large industrial customers interested in making significant changes to their cooling tower processes,
- Complete Restroom Retrofit – Provides qualifying businesses, schools, restaurants and other commercial and public facilities with installation of HETs, urinals and flow restriction devices to increase water-use efficiency in the non-residential sector,
- Large Landscape Controller Rebates / Save Water, Save A Buck – Provides businesses with landscape surveys and installation of High-Efficiency sprinkler nozzles See the “Conservation” page at www.westbasin.org to learn more about how to take advantage of these programs.
West Basin Municipal Water District is a wholesale water district that serves nearly a million people in 17 cities and unincorporated areas throughout its 185-square mile service area. West Basin is reducing its dependence on imported water through its Water Reliability 2020 program that will double conservation, double recycled water production and add desalted ocean water to its portfolio by the year 2020. See www.westbasin.org
Ms. Vargas may be contacted at catherine.vargas@culvercity.org
