The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership with two 2024 WaterSense Sustained Excellence awards – one as a Promotional Partner and one for the partnership’s Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper program as a Professional Certifying Organization. WaterSense also awarded partnership member Marin Water with their second WaterSense Award for Excellence in Education and Promoting WaterSense labeled products. WaterSense honored its award winners during the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas.
WaterSense recognized the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership for its water conservation achievements in 2023, including coordinating the partnership’s Dye Tab Challenge contest with the WaterSense Program’s Fix-a-Leak Week and a collaboration with Sonoma Clean Power and Sonoma County Library to make the water- and energy-saving DIY Toolkit available with tools, information, and water- and energy-efficient fixtures, including free WaterSense-labeled showerheads and faucet aerators.
WaterSense also recognized the partnership’s Qualified Water Efficient Landscape Program (QWEL) for its continued excellence in educating landscape professionals in sustainable and water efficient landscape practices. The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership improved accessibility with classes and testing available in both English and Spanish.
In addition, the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership received the Irrigation Association’s Smart Water Application Technologies 2024 Outstanding Industry Partnership Award for the QWEL program. The QWEL program was developed in the Sonoma-Marin area and is now offered in eight Western states and British Columbia, Canada. Since 2007, over 6,000 people have completed the program, with more than 2,500 professionals currently in good standing and over 600 professionals listed for hire.
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