BEAT THE DROUGHT
Save Water Now!

California is in a drought and the Contra Costa Water District is asking its customers to save water.

• CCWD's 15% Drought Management Program
  began May 1.
  
  
• NEW! Pilot Water-Efficient Landscape Rebate Program will help you replace your lawn with water-saving plants.

Gardening in Contra Costa County Discover our new extremely complete web-resource that will help you pick plants and plan drought tolerant gardens. It's tailored to Contra Costa County conditions. You can make your own plant lists & more.

• Our Customers Share Their Water-Saving Methods Whether it's saving shower water in buckets, or efficient ways to rinse the dishes, these methods save water.Tell us how you're saving water.

• Sign-up For CCWD's Conservation E-Newsletter Receive drought updates, conservation tips and lawn and landscape watering advice.
  
  
• We now have a new blog that's updated several times a week.
  
  
• You can follow us on Twitter as well!
  
  
• View the Lawn & Landscape Watering Schedule
  Learn to water like the pros, save and reduce your bill.
  
  
• Calculate how much water your sprinklers use. Our improved online calculator does the math, shows how much water your irrigation system uses. Now you can save your data to make adjustments later.
  
  
• Read your water meter Track how much water you are using. We'll show you how to read your meter with our new video, and with our new online calculator will do the math to determine average gallons of water per day.
  
  
• We now have the Drought Management Program details in Spanish, Farsi, Chinese and Tagalog.
  

Water Conservation News/Events

• Conservation Rebates CCWD offers numerous rebates for high-efficiency fixtures and devices.
  Participate now while funding is available .
  
  
• Water Conservation Tips We have all kinds of quick water conservation tips for specific areas of your home that will save water now.
  
  
• See Water Waste? Let us know! When you see running sprinklers, leaks and other water waste, call the CCWD Water Savings Team at (925) 688-8044, or send us an e-mail seven days a week. Our team will respond right away!
  
  
• Your city may have its own water
  conservation program. Look here to see the local plans:
  
  

  City of Martinez
  
  City of Pittsburg
  
  City of Antioch
  
  Diablo Water District
  
  Golden State Water Company (Bay Point)

  
  CCWD ofrece asistencia en Español para conservar agua.

Have a question? Please call our Conservation Department at (925) 688-8320 or send us an e-mail.