The utility’s Water Conservation 101 class begins with an introduction to the state’s water infrastructure, offering a look into the causes of the state’s water shortage. Other features of the class include ways to read a water meter. By knowing how to correctly read their water meter, residents can monitor their weekly water usage down to the gallon.
Also, residents are taught how to read their water bill. This part of the class allows residents to make sense of the various charges included with their monthly and bimonthly water bills.
The 2 1/2 -hour classes are offered in Perkins Community Room 108 at Glendale Water & Power headquarters.
The classes also offer residents tips on how to conserve water, such as taking five-minute showers, washing only full loads of laundry, fixing leaky faucets and turning off water while brushing or shaving.
Combined, these examples can save residents thousands of gallons per year, not to mention money. Residents are also informed of the city’s free water and energy audit service, which gives residents the opportunity to save on their water and electric bills.
“Each drip that comes out of a leaky faucet is money that doesn’t come back,” said horticulturist Tim Wheeler, a Glendale Water & Power consultant who facilitates the classes. “My goal is to reduce water waste [and] just get people to use water more efficiently. It doesn’t have to be a sacrifice. What I’d really like to see people do is just use what they need.”
The first classes are being held on a testing-ground basis before the program is updated in the coming weeks, Wheeler said, pending the City Council’s vote on the recommended watering plans made by Glendale Water & Power.
