agenda city of watsonville city council/redevelopment agency meeting

Conservation (LWC) Program service tool. Commercial and residential water users have successfully
implemented many of the water use efficiency tips to save water and money.
The City is working on an irrigation control system that considers weather and ETo conditions to reduce
water consumption for large landscaped areas such as parks and landscaped medians. To date, there
are five weather based irrigation controllers at four City properties. These include the City Plaza (2),
Crestview Park (1), City Hall (1), and Pinto Lake Park (1).
The City has permanently incorporated DMM E into its ordinances. Public Works staff checks all new
development and redevelopment projects for compliance with the State of California WELO. No data is
available for landscape conservation activities conducted prior to 2005. In the last four years, 3 projects
of 5000 square feet or more were reviewed by City staff and subsequently constructed. They were in
compliance with the ordinance. Several other projects were reviewed but never built.
A segment of the Public Works Engineering budget is set aside for DMM E.
Water use at surveyed locations will be checked at the follow-up visits as part of the current LWC
program and to assess the program’s efficacy. It is the program’s goal of continuing to evaluate the top
10% of water users.
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