The City of Carlsbad is doing its part to help save our precious water resources. Here is a partial list of our current efforts.
Parks
Recycled water is used at half of all of the city’s community parks, including the five largest.
The city uses dozens of “smart controllers” and water efficient irrigation systems and is continuing to upgrade its other irrigation controllers/systems.
The city has seven artificial turf athletic fields and one artificial turf event area at its parks.
Fixtures
About three-fourths of city facilities have low flow toilets. The city has plans to replace 44 more with low flow models and 106 with dual flush valves.
Waterless urinals have been installed in restrooms where increased maintenance is not an issue. The city plans to replace 35 additional urinals with waterless models.
Most of the faucets installed in city facilities are water saving models.
Landscaping
The city has a water efficient landscape ordinance that establishes requirements for planning, design, installation and maintenance of water efficient landscapes in new construction.
Drought tolerant plants are used routinely in new landscaping.
Natural mulch is being used routinely in landscaped planters to retain moisture in the soil.
Hundreds of broadcast spray irrigation heads have been replaced with more water efficient stream rotor spray irrigation heads.
Designated decorative grass that is not irrigated with recycled water is being replaced with drought tolerant landscaping.
The city has stopped irrigating the property adjacent to the Cole Library.
Recycled Water
Carlsbad currently has the third largest production of recycled water in the region and is planning to double the recycling plant’s capacity next year.
The city has approximately 79 miles of recycled distribution pipeline. This distribution system supplies more than 700 points of connection, including:
La Costa Golf Course, Park Hyatt Resort and Golf Course
The Crossings @ Carlsbad Golf Course
Legoland California
Grand Pacific Palisades Hotel
Karl Strauss Brewery
The Flower Fields
Recycled water is also supplied to many of the Carlsbad parks, facilities, median planters, shopping areas, freeway landscaping and common areas of homeowners associations.
Supporting Conservation
The city is actively promoting increased water conservation through a public awareness campaign.
The city holds regular water wise landscaping workshops.
The city offers free home water use surveys.
Water district staff call the largest water users each month and offer one-on-one advice for reducing consumption.