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Water Conservation

To prepare for our region’s future needs, the City and OUC have partnered to strive for innovative and reliable solutions.  Through EPA’s WaterSense Program, OUC makes it easy to save water and protect the environment by identifying water-efficient ideas and products.

Conservation Tips
Rebates
Water Star
 

Pollution Prevention
As Central Florida continues to grow, so does the demand for clean, safe water from the Floridian Aquifer. By changing our daily habits and becoming mindful of lakes, rivers and streams, we can work to conserve water as well as preserve the eco-systems surrounding the bodies of water.

Only Rain Down the Drain!
City of Orlando Stormwater Division
Through volunteer, educational outreach and neighborhood watch programs, the City’s Stormwater Division partners with neighborhood associations, schools, and local businesses for the purpose of informing the community about reducing pollution to lakes and other bodies of water.

Outside the city? Check out the Orange County Pollution Prevention Program (P2 Program)

Do you use fertilizers, mow your own grass, have a leaking car?
Pollution prevention and control starts with you!
Click for tips on how to help at home and your neighborhood.

Residential Landscape Requirements

Florida Friendly Landscapes
Environmental protection begins in your yard! Florida-friendly and native plants require low maintenance and little fertilizing and irrigation. Visit http://www.floridayards.org for landscaping tips and a data base of plants.  

New watering restrictions effective March 2010: Orange County Utilities Water Division

*PROJECT SPOTLIGHT*

Orlando Wetlands Park
The Wetlands Park is great to place to come out, relax and enjoy nature. The most popular activities are bird-watching, nature photography, jogging, bicycling and visiting our education center. Nature enthusiasts will be greeted by 1,650 acres of hardwood hammocks, marshes and lakes.

Aside from its recreational benefits, the park doubles as a wetland treatment system! The system is designed to polish up to 35 million gallons a day of reclaimed wastewater. The water from the city is conveyed through a four-foot diameter pipeline approximately 17 miles.
Take a video tour of the park!