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10/14/75
WATER CONSERVATION
The cost of transmitting water to Southern California will increase dramatically
during the next decade due to the increased cost of oil used in the conveyance
process. Anticipating this cost increase, it shall be the policy of the City
of Newport Beach to encourage conservation of water throughout the City and
to develop methods whereby the City, its citizens, businessmen and homeowner
associations can reduce their consumption of water.
Suggested methods include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) Select landscape materials from a list of drought resistant shrubs, trees
and ground covers and use them as extensively as possible in parks, park-
ways, traffic medians and around public buildings.
(2) Encourage the use of solid materials (concrete, brick, etc.) in traffic
islands, parkways and other locations in order to reduce water -consuming
areas. Care should be taken, however, to provide ample tree wells in
parkways when solid materials are used.
(3) Reduce to an acceptable minimum the amount of water that is applied to
lawns, ground covers, paseos and greenbelts, but giving care to the
deep water that is required by trees.
(4) Give greater consideration to soil conditioning and be sure that soils
are properly prepared prior to planting. Sandy soils should receive a
generous amount of humus to retain moisture.
(5) In design of parkway and median landscaping, grade the area concave rather
than convex to eliminate run-off and spray drift. Bubbler heads should
be used instead of spray heads.
(6) Determine proper water timing of landscaping in various types of soil
and publicize approprpriate watering procedures for public information;
i.e., deep water for trees.
(7) Investigate the possibility of using recycled water for parks, traffic
medians and other public locations.
Adopted - October 14, 1975