We are a group of Heather Gardens residents passionate about water conservation and cost savings for our community.

 

History

The Heather Gardens Water Conservation Taskforce (HG-WCT) was formed end of January 2025 after four “Lifelong Learners” lectures, where Mitch Albert presented his HG Water Consumption Study.
 

Purpose
The purpose of the newly formed taskforce is to work on implementing the recommendations mentioned in the study to conserve the usage of (city) water in Heather Gardens (HG) for environmental and sustainability reasons and to substantially lower our HG water/sewer bill.
 

Business Plans
The activities of the taskforce will primarily focus on developing and implementing business plans by each of HG’s 54 water meters with their associated building(s) or Country Place and Townhouse (CP/TH) area(s) to reduce water usage for irrigation and personal usage. All taskforce business plans will work with and be guided by the existing HG Water Conservation Committee for content, planning standards and submissions to the HGA board.

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Irrigation and Garden Plans

The garden space designs will be integrated with smart irrigation systems to reduce water usage. These business plans will be based on garden space design and implementation in specific areas in close cooperation with residents and garden committees of the buildings or CP/TH areas. 

Personal Water usage and Low(er)-flow Toilets
The taskforce will also work on the reduction of personal water usage by developing and implementing (voluntary) exchange programs of conventional toilets with low(er)-flow toilets 1.28 gpf per HG maintenance. The focus will be to identify any primary toilets per unit that are still greater 1.28 gpf. 

 

How to contact us
The Water Conservation Taskforce has just started its work. We are looking for residents who are members of buildings or CP/TH areas garden committees and for residents just interested in helping to reduce water usage in HG. We are meeting on Zoom the 2 nd and 4 th Monday of the month at 1 PM. Please contact us by reaching out to hgwctf@gmail.com.