Conservation

Water is a crucial element for the continued prosperity of the Truckee Meadows, but it's a limited resource that must be used wisely. The challenge facing Truckee Meadows' residents is to sensibly develop and use our most precious renewable natural resource. With a self-contained water system, conservation and wastewater reclamation become more necessary for responsible water management.

Water conservation is defined by the American Water Works Association as practices, techniques, and technologies that improve the efficiency of water use. Increased efficiency expands the use of the water resource and delaying major capital improvements in water purification systems and plants.

Water conservation is often equated with temporary restrictions on customer water use. Although water restrictions can be a useful emergency tool for drought management or service disruptions, water conservation programs emphasize lasting day-to-day improvements in water use efficiency.

Education about our water resources, conservation methods, and water planning is necessary for water use efficiency in the Truckee Meadows.

Please browse this section of our site to learn about how you can conserve water and implement lawn watering methods developed for our area, how to prevent backflow and how state water planners are forecasting for future water use. For teachers, there are resources for student projects.