New Incentives Encourage Residents to Save Water,
Recharge Groundwater, and Rethink Their Yards as
Part of the Local Watershed
“Before” and “after” photos of the Santa Barbara Association of Realtors building; they reduced their water use for the whole property by 79 percent, only irrigating during peak summer months. | Credit: Courtesy
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We like to call ourselves the American Riviera. A landscape characterized by mountains covered in tan rocks and shrubs, leading down to sandy cliffs that overlook a blue ocean…