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WaterSense Outdoor Fact Sheets

Residential outdoor water use in the United States accounts for nearly 9 billion gallons of water each day, mainly for landscape irrigation. Experts estimate that as much as 50 percent of this water is wasted due to overwatering caused by inefficiencies in irrigation methods and systems.

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WS-products-factsheet-irrigation-controllers.pdf (PDF)(1 pg, 669 K)
Is Your Watering Under Control? Smart Irrigation Brochure (PDF)(4 pp, 1 MB)
It’s Time to Start a Sprinkler Spruce-Up! Brochure (PDF)(2 pp, 2 MB)
Find It, Flag, Fix It: A Checklist For Your Landscape (PDF)(4 pp, 1 MB)

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WaterSense Outdoor Fact Sheets

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