Santa Rosa Water, Santa Rosa, CA Videos

Santa Rosa Water is a not-for-profit water utility. Our rates reflect the true cost of operating, maintaining, and upgrading Santa Rosa’s water and sewer systems, as well as the recycling and beneficial reuse of the water our community uses. To learn more about your water rates, visit srcity.org/ValueOfWater. #SantaRosaWater #AlwaysOnWhenYouNeedIt

Don’t miss your chance to be a vendor or sponsor at Santa Rosa’s Earth Day OnStage Festival taking place on Saturday, April 20 from noon-4 p.m. at Courthouse Square. The application deadline is March 29th, so don't delay! This wonderful, family-friendly festival provides a great opportunity to promote your organization, inspire awareness, and build community. For more information, please visit SRCity.org/earthday

It's CA Water Professionals Appreciation Week, and we want you to meet the essential workers from Santa Rosa Water who help deliver high quality drinking water to your tap and maintain the city’s intricate wastewater system. This video is a deep dive into what happens before the tap and after the flush. To learn more about Santa Rosa’s water system, visit: srcity.org/ValueOfWater To watch in Spanish, visit: bit.ly/3ozmxmM #WeAreSantaRosaWater #CAWaterWeek #ThankWaterPros

When you turn on your tap and clean water appears, it’s not by accident. Santa Rosa Water has a dedicated team of utility systems operators, planners, environmental engineers, water quality specialists, technicians, and many other professionals that manage and protect the intricate systems that bring water to and from your home. During CA Water Professionals Appreciation Week, we are excited to celebrate our amazing team of water professionals that make a difference every day! #WeAreSantaRosaWater #CAWaterWeek #ThankWaterPros

A big THANK YOU to everyone who joined in Santa Rosa's #CreekWeek2023 celebration! We loved seeing you all at the beginner's nature journaling class in the Laguna, the guided nature walk at Flat Rock Park, the Downtown Underground tour, the Tour de Creek Trail bike ride, the Coast to Creek Cleanup, and the City of Santa Rosa employee creek cleanup Over the course of Creek Week, 233 participants took part in activities, and 693 pounds of trash were removed from Santa Rosa creeks! We can't thank the community enough for your support and hope to see you at future Creek Stewardship events this fall and winter. For more information on how to get involved, visit: srcity.org/CreekStewardship

Celebrate Creek Week, September 16-23, 2023! During Creek Week 2023, we invite you to celebrate, nurture, and explore our local creeks in new ways. Sign-up for one or more of our in-person events or participate virtually by completing activities online. Registration for in-person events is required. - Beginners’ Nature Journaling in the Laguna De Santa Rosa (9/16) - Guided Nature Walk at Flat Rock Park (9/17) - Tour of Santa Rosa’s Downtown Underground (9/19 and 9/21) - Tour de Creek Trail Bike Ride (9/22) - Creek to Coast Cleanup on the Prince Memorial Greenway (9/23) Don't miss these fantastic #CreekWeek2023 activities! Register at srcity.org/CreekWeek and let's make a difference together! 🌎 #SantaRosaCreekWeek #OursToProtect

In celebration of Water Awareness Month, Santa Rosa City Council recognized five award recipients for their efforts to save water and increase water efficiency in their homes, neighborhoods, and businesses. Congratulations to the winners of the Water-Use Efficiency awards! Large Landscape Transformation Award: Meadowgreen #2 Owners Association - The Meadowgreen #2 Owners Association transformed over 6,000 square feet of lawn into a beautiful low water-use landscape, saving nearly 200,000 gallons of water each year. Large Landscape Transformation Award: The Orchard - The Orchard won this award for transforming over 10,000 square feet of lawn in common areas and encouraging residents to remove an additional 4,000 square feet and saving 315,000 gallons of water annually. Single Family Award: Don and Beth Steffy - The Steffy's installed high efficiency toilets, showerheads, and sink aerators and only run their water efficient dishwasher and clothes washer when they are completely full. They also collect rainwater and use it to flush toilets in the winter and for irrigation in the summer. The Steffy's use is approximately 2,000 gallons a month less than the average two-person single-family household in Santa Rosa. Single Family Award: Janet Bosshard - Janet Bosshard utilized the WaterSmart Portal to monitor her water use online. Janet uses 2,000 gallons of water less each month than the average single resident in Santa Rosa. One of the many ways she saves is collecting rainwater to irrigate her yard, most of which is native or low water use plants. Janet also finds creative ways to capture and reuse water inside her home before it ends up going down the drain. Single Family Award: Kitty Uhrich-Mayer - Kitty Uhrich-Mayer is one of the first single-family home residents to complete the Sustained Reduction rebate program. Kitty used the rebate to upgrade her swamp cooler to a model that does not use water. This water-saving upgrade saves her almost 4,000

Earth Day OnStage
Don’t miss your chance to be a VENDOR or SPONSOR at Santa Rosa’s Earth Day OnStage Festival, taking place on Saturday, April 22, from noon-4 p.m. at Courthouse Square. The application deadline is Friday, February 17, so don't delay! This fantastic, family-friendly festival provides an excellent opportunity to promote your organization, inspire awareness, and build community. For more information, visit: SRCity.org/EarthDay

How do you know if you have a leaky toilet flapper? You test it! Place a few drops of food coloring into your toilet tank, and wait 15 minutes. If the bowl turns the color of the dye, you have a leak. If it doesn't, you can rest easy knowing your toilet is not leaking. If you do have a leak, fixing it is as simple as installing a new flapper and can save you thousands of gallons of water a year. Need dye tabs or a toilet repair kit, visit: srcity.org/FixLeaks

Whether you water by hand or have an automatic system, let’s all commit to turning off outdoor irrigation until spring to save water. Learn more: srcity.org/SaveWater

It’s that time of year, and more important than ever to give your irrigation system its seasonal rest. This fall, preserve and prolong our local water supply by turning off your irrigation timer if you have an automatic system. For more information, visit: srcity.org/SaveWater

Happy Halloween from Santa Rosa Water! 🎃

Groundbreaking for Recycled Water Project
On Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, Santa Rosa Water hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the ultraviolet (UV) disinfection replacement project at the Laguna Treatment Plant (LTP). The $68 million project will replace the aged-out UV disinfection system currently in use at the LTP. Replacing the UV disinfection system is so important because it is the very last step in water recycling before it can be reused for irrigation and renewable energy production. This project will ensure safe and reliable water recycling into the future, increase energy efficiency by requiring only half the energy of the current system, improve system redundancy and resiliency, and reduce operations and maintenance costs. The three-year project, funded by customer rates and fees, is a critical and necessary investment to ensure safe and reliable water recycling for the 230,000 people in the region that rely on the LTP for wastewater treatment and watershed protection. To learn more, visit: srcity.org/UVGroundbreaking

It's CA Water Professionals Appreciation Week, and we want you to meet the essential workers from Santa Rosa Water who help deliver high-quality drinking water to your tap and maintain the city’s intricate wastewater system. This video is a deep dive into what happens before the tap and after the flush. Learn more about Santa Rosa’s water system by visiting srcity.org/ValueOfWater. #WeAreSantaRosaWater #CAWaterWeek To watch in Spanish, visit: bit.ly/3ozmxmM

When you turn on your tap and clean water appears, it’s not by accident. Santa Rosa Water has a dedicated team of utility systems operators, planners, environmental engineers, water quality specialists, technicians, and many other professionals that manage and protect the intricate systems that bring water to and from your home. During CA Water Professionals Appreciation Week, we are excited to celebrate our amazing team of water professionals that make a difference every day! srcity.org/ValueofWater #WeAreSantaRosaWater #CAWaterWeek

A big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in Santa Rosa’s Creek Week events last week! Attendance was full at all six community events: Prince Memorial Greenway Cleanup, Nature Walk at Flat Rock Park, two Downtown Underground Tours, and two Laguna Treatment Plant Tours. In addition, city staff participated in a lunchtime cleanup. Over the course of Creek Week, 259 participants took part in activities and 2,082 pounds of trash were removed from Santa Rosa’s creeks! We can’t thank the community enough for your support and hope to see you at future Creek Stewardship events this fall and winter. For more information on how to get involved, visit: srcity.org/CreekStewardship

Meet Super Water Saver Danny from True North Landscapes, Incorporated. In this short video, Danny highlights the water-saving techniques he uses to reduce water-use year-round, as well as simple everyday habits you can adopt to become a super water saver too. If we all do our part, big or small, we can achieve more savings together. srcity.org/SaveWater Ver video en español: youtu.be/NEX16-lkdeY

Drought is still here, which means it’s super important that we commit to eliminating water waste and make changes that save water. In this first video edition of our monthly water supply update, Jennifer Burke, the Director of Santa Rosa Water, shares the latest information on drought and its impacts on our water supply and available water saving resources. For information on current drought restrictions, resources to save water, or to view this video in Spanish, visit: srcity.org/SaveWater