Top 10 Ways to Save Water in Community Development
- Preserve the native landscape.
- Restore the native landscape.
- Plant trees.
- Use native and naturalizing plant material.
- Reduce the amount of impervious surface.
- Keep storm water out of pipes.
- Direct run-off as a sheet flow to landscape areas where possible.
- Direct point discharges to trees and tree-lined swales.
- Minimize storm water structural improvements.
- Begin detaining water at the source whenever possible.
