Sustainable Fairfax - Water Conservation

Water Conservation

Water Conservation Resources

Get a FREE Water Use Survey

Are you looking for ways to reduce your water use and your water bill? Through MMWD’s Conservation Assistance Program (CAP), MMWD offers FREE, personalized water use consultations for your home or business.

Click here for more information.

Do you desire a water-saving yet abundant landscape?

Consider a greywater system… “Laundry to Landscape”

FLOW (For the Love of Water) Greywater workshops & consultations

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Thanks to a partnership between MMWD & SPAWN, they’ve developed a community based program is offering rainwater harvesting resources for FREE to residential and commercial customers of MMWD.

Through hands-on workshops, community project tours, presentations, demo and model projects at schools and public venues, technical and design assistance for landowners, and a roving educational exhibit (which will be visiting your town soon!), the 10,000 Rain Gardens Project team will be working hard to make rainwater harvesting accessible and feasible for all.

Click here to learn how you can harvest the rain in your yard!

More ways to conserve water

Bay-Friendly Garden Walk: Receive a free residential garden evaluation from a Marin Master Gardener. Get expert advice on water-wise planting and tips for a beautiful, healthy landscape. Call 499-4204 to schedule or to learn more click here.

Green House Call: Receive a free indoor efficiency evaluation from one of California Youth Energy Services’ friendly and professional young staff, plus free installation of energy- and water-saving equipment. To learn more, go to www.marinwater.org or Call (510) 665-1501 ext. 10 to schedule.

Weekly Watering Schedule: Not sure how much water your garden needs? MMWD’s Weekly Watering Schedule is updated every Friday based on current weather conditions, so your plants always get just the right amount of water.

Be a Fairfax Water Hero...Take the Pledge!

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Bay Friendly Gardening Workshops

Need inspiration for your garden makeover? Want to learn the "Seven Principles" of Bay Friendly gardening?

Thank you to all the MMWD customers who made our first year (of holding summer classes at Sustainable Fairfax) such a success!!

A big thanks goes out to the Water District's teachers, Earthsite and our sponsor www.yourgardenshow.com with whose assistance made this summer classes a huge hit!

Visit the Bay Friendly Coalition for future Bay Friendly gardening classes by MMWD in the spring.

Water Conservation Ordinance

MMWD has passed an ordinance for all citizens in the district to comply. Check it out!

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Fairfax Water Conservation Pilot Project

There has been much discussion about securing the water future for Marin County. MMWD is our main water district and through them we procure 75% of our water from our local watershed and import 25% of our water from outside the county, the average MMWD client uses 140 gallons of water per person, per day and plans are moving forward on a costly Desalination plant to meet a projected future demand and provide during drought. The conservation department and many concerned citizens believe we can live sustainably in our watershed and now it is time to put our money where our mouth is.

Fairfax has been selected by MMWD Conservation Department as just the right town for a pilot program promoting water conservation. Sustainable Fairfax will be will be the hub and main operators of the pilot. Water project staff and volunteers will be approaching every business, school and resident in Fairfax to see "How Far We Can Go" to reduce our water use through technology and behavior. The idea is to focus intensively on one community to increase water conservation to see if that is an effective model resulting in long-term water savings. Education and rebates will be brought to the community through a number of events, staffing at the Sustainability Center, and on a one on one basis.

Our Town Manager and Mayor have met with representatives from MMWD and Sustainable Fairfax to find ways the town can support this effort through modeling and possible resolutions or ordinances.

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