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History
The Alliance for Water Awareness and Conservation (AWAC) is a dynamic coalition of 25 regional organizations whose mission is to promote the efficient use of water and increase communities' awareness of conservation as an important tool to help ensure an adequate water supply.
AWAC was formed in 2003 in response to growing water demand that exceeds available supply throughout a 4,900-square-mile area of the Mojave Desert in Southern California. AWAC set three goals that aim to change water-use habits and empower High Desert communities with the tools to ensure adequate supplies of water for future generations.
AWAC's works to help all of our customers use water more efficiently, including: new and existing homeowners; landscape suppliers; professional and commercial landscapers; developers; commercial, industrial, and institutional entities; and retail water providers and cities.
As signatories to a Memorandum of Understanding, AWAC's partners are committed to working together to ensure an adequate supply of water to meet the needs of our communities today and far into the future.
Goals
Educate the local communities with the understanding of the importance of water conservation.
Provide the local communities with the tools to effectively reduce per capita consumption to targeted goals.
Reduce regional water use by 10 percent gross per capita by 2010 and 15 percent gross per capita by 2015 (5 percent in the Morongo Basin by 2015) to achieve a sustainable, reliable supply to meet regional water demands.
2006-2007 AWAC Annual Plan PDF format ; 58kb
