designing successful waterwise landscapes
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Why Waterwise?
Why Waterwise?
Cynthia Bee, BLA Conservation Programs
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Where Our Water Comes From• Mountain Snowpack– Rivers– Reservoirs
• Groundwater• Treatment and
Distribution• Future Sources– Bear River– Utah Lake– More Groundwater
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Obstacles to a Steady Water Supply• Population Growth– Water sources fixed– Number of people varies
• Environmental Concerns– New projects affect the
environment• Stream flow and
wetlands– Controversy and Cost
• Drought– Cyclical in nature– Unpredictable
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Limitations On Water
2nd Driest state in America +3rd Fastest growing population + Highest per capita water use =
Serious future water shortages and cost
increases
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Not a Waterwise Landscape
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Made for Arizona or Nevada
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This is not what we’re asking people to do!
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THIS is a “Wasatch Way” Localscape
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“Lawnless” Localscapes
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“Wasatch Way” Localscape WITH Lawn
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The “Utah Island”Typical Utah Front Yard Design BETTER Front Yard Design
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Typical Utah Front Yard with Planted Kidney Bean Island
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Waterwise Front Yard with Lawn as the Island
Design by Shaun Moser, Conservation Garden Park
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“Green The
Bean”
Flip the design so the LAWN is
the “island”
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Converting Small Areas
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Converting Small Areas
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Fully Converted LandscapeSmall steps over time can transition an existing landscape into a more sustainable design.
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Lawn is the island, not plants.
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A little more lawn than some but all lawn area forms a single block of turf.
Lawn should be a SHAPE that all other elements are organized around.
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• Lots of edges to maintain• Grass is NOT useful• Visually disorganized
• ONE edge to maintain• ALL grass is useful• Well organized, “clean” look
Island in Lawn VS. Lawn as Island
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Avoid odd bits of grass
Hard Way Best Way
Avoid illogical, high maintenance, water hogging scraps of lawn.
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What Small Changes Can You Make Now? Rip Your Strip
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How Do Waterwise Landscapes make a neighborhood look?
Typical Suburban Street View Waterwise Suburban Street View
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