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Managing a Water Crisis - Step Three
Be Part of the “Solution” to the Crisis, Not a Victim

Identify the steps that you, in concert with the community coalition, can do to help avert severe action, or to respond positively once action is implemented. It’s in your own best interest to be a team player, both with your fellow green industry businesses and with local government.

Together with your team, you can define just what your industry is willing to do to help avert a water crisis. You will find that it is more productive to engage in self-imposed restrictions, and encourage the community to do likewise, than to react to someone else’s restrictions. Some voluntary measures that you can consider include:

  • employing new and improved watering practices
  • installing more efficient equipment
  • encouraging commercial real estate and private customers to upgrade irrigation systems
  • using drought tolerant species in their landscapes
  • launching a strong public information campaign on water-saving practices.

Not only can these activities help your cause, but they can also help establish your group as water-use experts and community leaders.

 
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