10/06/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/06/2022 13:52
Since 2006 WaterSense partners helped communities save more than 6.4 trillion gallons of water, $135 billion on utilities
October 6, 2022
"By working to promote the value of water efficiency, our WaterSense partners helped people save water, energy, and money-all while protecting life's most precious resource during times of drought," said EPA Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox. "EPA appreciates WaterSense partners' commitment to being good stewards of water."
"These WaterSense partners understand that water is one of our most valued and precious resources, and we salute them for their efforts and accomplishments to educate consumers on cost-effective measures for conserving water," said Region 4 Administrator Daniel Blackman. "Our awardees go above and beyond to improve water efficiency and this will help countless communities across the southeast."
Award winners include utilities, manufacturers, builders, a retailer, and other organizations that promote and sell WaterSense labeled products, build WaterSense labeled homes, and operate WaterSense labeled certification programs. The awardees initiated a variety of new programs, outreach, and education activities to engage customers and promote water conservation with WaterSense.
2022 Sustained Excellence Award Winners
The Sustained Excellence Awards are the highest level of achievement for WaterSense. This year, WaterSense added three new WaterSense partners to this category.
2022 Partner of the Year Awards
The Partner of the Year awards go to those WaterSense partners who have achieved success in all of the judging categories-strategic collaboration, education and outreach, and promoting WaterSense labeled products and programs.
2022 Excellence Award Winners
Excellence awards recognize those WaterSense partners who have excelled in a specific area.
Background
WaterSense, a partnership program sponsored by EPA, is both a label for water-efficient products and a resource for helping you 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 percent less water and perform as well or better than standard models. The program was launched in 2006, and today there are more than 40,000 labeled toilets, faucets/faucet accessories, showerheads, irrigation controllers, and spray sprinkler bodies; and more than 5,700 labeled homes.
Learn more about the 2022 WaterSense Award winners.
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