News Tagged: "water conservation"

From lawn to native yard

By: MICHELE CHANDLERPublished: July 31, 2010 San Jose homeowner Joanne Curme was tired of her lawn and its never-ending cycle of mow-weed-water-repeat.  Kim Tarman of San Ramon longed for a yard with vibrant colors.  And Arvind Kumar of San Jose had had it with broken sprinkler heads and dead splotches of lawn.  All three ditched [...]

Water conservation could limit suburban lawns

By SUSAN SWARD Published: January 9, 2010 John Boyle, a 51-year-old venture capitalist in Menlo Park, built a new home on his property more than a decade ago largely to create a big lawn where his children could play football or baseball. Read more at The New York Times

Practical Ways to be Water Wise

July 02, 2009, 12:00 AM By Nicole Sandkulla Water is in short supply for many cities, farms and businesses across California and will remain so for the foreseeable future. In San Mateo County, water customers are being asked to continue efforts to voluntarily reduce their water use by 10 percent as we experience our third [...]