A Story of Rebates, Smarter Water Use and 34% Water Savings

With all of the other issues that board members and managers wrestle with day to day, landscaping may not be at the top of their minds. But the cost of inefficiencies can add up. A typical community association uses nearly double the amount of water needed to maintain a healthy landscape. Often, boards and managers don’t know how much water they are using. In response to California’s ongoing drought, the community of Westaire in Martinez,… Read more »


Bringing You the Latest Water-Saving Ideas By the Hundreds

ValleyCrest is teaming up with Hunter to give away 100 Hunter® Wireless Rain-Clik™ rain sensors, one a day for 100 days. Part of the ValleyCrestTakesOn.com “100 days, 100 ways” campaign, the drawing is designed to call attention to the national water crisis and the strategies and technologies that could help avert it. (Like, say, 100 fewer people running their sprinklers in the rain.) Winners will be announced here starting August 1st. But check… Read more »


Welcome to ValleyCrest Takes On: Water Management

ValleyCrest is leading the way to water sustainability with the launch of ValleyCrest Takes On: Water Management, a blog focused on water management best practices, innovations and trends. Our contributing bloggers will monitor projects in process, track the trends in water management, report our opinions on new technology, share legislative updates and rebate information, and generally create healthy discourse on the topic of water management.  We hope that through our blog, we can… Read more »