LB Residents Win New Water-Efficient Front Yard

LB Residents Win Waterwise Front Yard Makeover

LONG BEACH, CA - Nine Long Beach residents have won a citywide opportunity drawing to receive a new, water-efficient front yard makeover. The new landscapes will be professionally designed and installed, and paid for by the Long Beach Water Department. One home from each of the City's nine Council Districts was randomly selected during the Tuesday, December 2nd, Long Beach City Council meeting. The nine homes will serve as demonstration landscapes to help promote the beauty, functionality and sustainability of water-efficient, California native landscape design. 50 to 70 percent of the water used in Long Beach is used outside the home, particularly on lush, non-native, water-guzzling landscapes. In fact, much of the water we use to irrigate our landscapes runs off and flows to our coastal areas, picking up and carrying pollutants on its way. Learning about outdoor water use efficiency, and rethinking how we landscape our homes, is a catalyst to conserving vast amounts of an increasingly unreliable imported water supply.

Nearly 2,000 Long Beach residents entered the drawing, which was kicked off on October 1, 2008.

The winning residents are:

From Council District #1: Angelina Rangel, 625 8th Street
From Council District #2: Betty Lima, 1522 E. Hellman Street
From Council District #3: Steve and Donna Warshauer, 273 St. Joseph Avenue
From Council District #4: Dorothy Helde, 4410 E. Rosada Street
From Council District #5: Scott and Carolyn Clark, 2014 Kallin Avenue
From Council District #6: Ian Beckham, 469 West Burnett Street
From Council District #7: Russell Lipkowski, 2175 Oregon Avenue
From Council District #8: Carolyn Reed, 734 E. Armando Drive
From Council District #9: Cheryl Goodall, 210 67th Way

The Long Beach Board of Water Commissioners would like to congratulate all of the winners, and thank everyone who took the time to enter the drawing.

You may be interested in following the fantastic transformation of these homes, as they become beautiful, sustainable, water-wise residences. Please visit www.lbwater.org.