The largest family-owned U.S. landscape and irrigation supplier leads the way for distributors achieving the EPA WaterSense Partner designation.
October 19, 2011, Phoenix, Ariz.— Ewing Irrigation has joined the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense Partner Program, reinforcing the company’s commitment to water efficiency and resource conservation.
“The customers we serve have a significant opportunity to save water,” said Warren Gorowitz, vice president of sustainability and conservation for Ewing. “Our role is to help contractors understand the water efficient technologies out there, and how to properly install and manage them for optimal water savings.”
With an estimated 1.5 billion gallons of water wasted each day through over irrigation and improper use, the goal of WaterSense is to decrease consumers’ indoor and outdoor water use by promoting high-efficiency products and simple water-saving practices.
Gorowitz has been actively involved with the EPA’s WaterSense program since its launch in 2006, and is eagerly anticipating the EPA’s final specification for WaterSense labeled smart controllers slated for release this November.
“With the WaterSense label, we can extend our reach and reinforce our message that smart controllers can, when properly installed and managed, contribute to significant water savings,” said Gorowitz.
Once the final specification for WaterSense labeled smart controllers is released, manufacturers may submit their smart controllers for testing. The EPA estimates they will reveal their first WaterSense labeled smart controllers by spring 2012.
The WaterSense labeling of select smart controllers will likely lead to an increase in rebates available through water agencies, Gorowitz said.
“Ewing customers will be among the first to gain access to WaterSense labeled smart controllers,” said Gorowitz. Ewing recognizes the importance of water efficiency, and has focused on educating employees and customers on emerging technologies and best management practices since 2005.
To date, WaterSense has helped consumers save a cumulative 125 billion gallons of water and over $2 billion in water and energy bills through the use of WaterSense labeled products.
WaterSense, a partnership program sponsored by the EPA, helps protect valuable resources for future generations by making water efficiency a clear and preferred choice among consumers and businesses.
By offering customers a selection of products that have earned the WaterSense label, Ewing is helping to preserve water for future generations while maintaining healthy, water-efficient green spaces.
About Ewing: A Premier Supplier and Quality Education Provider
Ewing is the largest family-owned supplier of landscape and water management products in the country. With 200 locations nationwide, Ewing offers commercial and residential irrigation supplies, water management solutions, landscape and turf products, hardscape, landscape lighting, water features, erosion control, industry-leading seminars and more to professionals serving the landscaping, sports turf, golf, agricultural and industrial industries.
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