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Redmond, WA — Water conservation is an important element of Cascade Water Alliance’s long term plan to provide its members with a safe, clean reliable water supply for the next 50 years and beyond. And Redmond’s Peters Creek Retirement and Assisted Living Community can claim credit for doing its part.
Redmond Mayor John Marchione
and Will Miller, Manager, Peters Creek
Mayor Marchione reading proclamation
The retirement and assisted community, located at 14431 Redmond Way in Redmond has 65 residents. The facility has been in that location for 20 years. In 2008, Cascade Water Alliance provided the retirement home with 71 toilets, 67 handheld showerheads, 67 bathroom aerators and 45 kitchen aerators, all high efficiency.
The result? Regency at Peters Creek Retirement and Assisted Living Community’s water use has dropped by approximately 45 percent compared to its historic use, reports Cascade’s Mike Brent, Water Resources Manager.
“Regency at Peters Creek Retirement and Assisted Living Community is proud of its accomplishments and doing our part to save our valuable recourses,” adds Will Miller, the General Manager. “In addition, we thank Cascade and the City Of Redmond for supporting the kind of programs that allow us to be water efficient. And, not only is it efficient, our improvements are good for the bottom line.”
The City of Redmond maintains and secures the facilities and systems that with a safe, dependable quality and quantity of water both now and into the future. Redmond’s water supply includes five wells and more than 318 miles of water main and 10 reservoirs which provide and store water for a daytime population of more than 100,000 City of Redmond.
Redmond is a member of the Cascade Water Alliance, a non-profit corporation, comprised of the cities of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah and Tukwila, and Covington Water District, the Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District and Skyway Water and Sewer District to provide safe, clean and reliable water to its 370,000 residents and 22,000 businesses.
In Cascade’s first year of state-mandated reporting, significant progress has been made toward achieving its goals and conserving water resources. In compliance with state requirements, Cascade adopted its first Six-Year Conservation Savings Goal in 2008.
The first annual progress reports that Cascade achieved a savings of over 426,000 gallons of water per day, representing 42 percent of the 2008 – 2013 savings goal. All Cascade members are on track to meet their respective water conservation goals.
Conservation gains in the past year came from a variety of programs offered by Cascade. These include rebates for high efficiency toilets and clothes washers, faucet aerator and showerhead installations, irrigation system audits and upgrades and more. Cascade partners with many other water and energy providers to educate consumers and offer tools for the wise use of water. For details on this and other conservation programs Cascade offers visit Conservation
