The EPA recently awarded 47 WaterSense partners for their support of WaterSense and water efficiency at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas.
This year’s award winners made innovative water-efficient products, built homes using 30% less water than typical new construction, made WaterSense labeled products accessible to consumers, and implemented programs to promote water-saving behaviors and fixtures.
"This year's WaterSense Award Winners are helping American families save money on their water bills while conserving our precious water resources," says EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox. "As climate stress continues to affect communities across the country, prioritizing water efficiency in partnership with manufacturers, homebuilders and families is essential to protecting our water for generations to come."
People look for the WaterSense label on plumbing fixtures, homes, and irrigation products and programs because it means lower water and energy costs and helps save water. People who buy WaterSense products have saved more than 7.5 trillion gallons of water, 880 billion kilowatt-hours of energy and $171 billion in water and energy bills since the program started in 2006.
Award winners include utilities, manufacturers, builders, a retailer, and other organizations that promote, produce, and sell WaterSense labeled products; build WaterSense labeled homes; and operate WaterSense labeled certification programs.
WaterSense, a partnership program sponsored by the EPA, is both a label for water-efficient products and a resource for helping consumers and businesses save water. WaterSense seeks to protect the future of the nation’s water supply by offering Americans a simple way to use less water with water-efficient products, homes and services. WaterSense labeled products are independently certified to use 20% less water and perform as well or better than standard models. The program was launched in 2006, and there are more than 42,000 labeled toilets, faucets/faucet accessories, showerheads, irrigation controllers and spray sprinkler bodies.
Read more about the 47 recently awarded WaterSense partners here.
