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Strategies and Actions <br />landscaping on new apartments, townhouses, and condominiums and existing and remodeled commercial and <br />industrial buildings; and on industrial, commercial, and governmental projects. This Plan accounts for water use <br />reductions identified in the City's Urban Water Management Plan and calls for continuing to participate in the <br />existing water conservation programs while working on enforcement mechanisms for the Indoor and Outdoor Water <br />Use Ordinances currently in effect. <br />Redwood City General Plan Goal (NR -2): Reduce water consumption through aggressive implementation <br />of conservation policies and programs <br />Indoor and Outdoor Water Use <br />rams and Ordinances <br />Promote BAWSCA residential water conservation rebate programs for <br />Water Conservation items including high efficiency washing machines and toilets, rain <br />EW -1 403 <br />Programs barrels, sprinkler nozzles, irrigation controls and Lawn Be Gone (drought <br />tolerant landscapes). <br />Water Efficient <br />EW -2 Landscape Enforce existing Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance. 172 <br />Ordinance <br />Dry Up Household Water Waste <br />Did you know that the energy use related to water — transporting, <br />cleaning, and heating it —consumes 19 percent of California's <br />electricity and 30 percent of its natural gas every year? We've all <br />learned the importance of taking shorter showers, and installing low - <br />flow shower heads, low -flow aerators on faucets, and low -flush toilets <br />to save water. But don't forget outside, too, since half of California's <br />residential water use goes toward landscaping46 and half of all water <br />wasted in the United States is due to poorly managed and maintained <br />irrigation systems.47 ReScape California (https://rescapeca.org ) is a <br />nonprofit that provides resources for selecting low-water plants, <br />conserving water, and fostering soil health. <br />City of Redwood City Climate Action Plan 50 <br />