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Water Conservation
Water is our most precious resource, which is why The City of Chino Hills is dedicated to partnering with our residents and businesses by expanding water conservation education and instilling the importance of being water efficient. By promoting our programs and rebates, our goal is to bring those water efficient ideas to life, whether it be an irrigation evaluation, the installation of a new irrigation timer, or learning about California native plants for your future drought-tolerant garden.
Chino Hills residents and businesses have made great progress in becoming a more water efficient community. We will continue to focus on conservation and will do all we can to save water.
*NEW* Residential Irrigation System Enhancement (RISE) Program
What is this program? This no-cost program combines our previous Irrigation Tune-Up Program & Sprinkler Timer Program to provide our residents with:
- Educational resources on irrigation system basics
- An evaluation of existing irrigation system
- Minor irrigation repairs and retrofits
- Potential installation of new weather-based irrigation controller
If you previously participated in the Sprinkler Timer Program or Irrigation Tune-Up Program, you may be eligible again for service. You can participate in the Tune-up Irrigation Repair service every five years and the Sprinkler Timer Upgrade Service every 10 years.
Helpful Links
Stage II Moderate Conservation Alert
In response to the intermission on the drought conditions in the State of California, the Chino Hills City Council rolled back the Water Conservation alert status to a Stage II Moderate Conservation Alert https://www.chinohills.org/1170/stage-ii-water-alert effective immediately after their Council action on May 9, 2023. The Stage II Moderate Conservation Alert still prohibits wasteful practices and encourages conservation in accordance with the Chino Hills Municipal Code.
We strongly encourage customers to remain focused on becoming more water-efficient and to continue to do everything they can to conserve water. Your outdoor watering days and times are designated. To learn more about your watering days and the City's Stage II Moderate Conservation Alert, click here Version Options Conservation Headline Version OptionsConservationHeadline.
City of Chino Hills Facilities Annual Water Usage
| City of Chino Hills Facilities Annual Water Usage in Acre-Feet | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Year | Potable | Recycled | Total |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 220 | 755 |
The City has decreased its potable water use over the last six years by 12% even though the City’s population increased by 10% during that same time period. The City used 15,858 acre-feet of potable water in Fiscal Year 2013-14 with a population of 74,799 as compared to the Fiscal Year 2020-21 when the City used 13,884 acre-feet with a population of 82,661. This impressive reduction in usage is due to the City’s extensive water conservation efforts and by replacing the use of potable water for irrigation in many locations with the use of recycled water.
- Partners with Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) to offer residents services for irrigation tune-ups, sprinkler timer upgrades, or Residential Landscape Retrofit as well as a free Landscape Evaluation and Audit Program. Find out more about these programs here.
- Continues to encourage and assist our residents in applying for turf removal rebates to encourage efficient water use
- Completed 28 turf removal projects in the last four years, converting 14.5 acres of City property to water-saving landscape that has reduced water consumption by approximately 26.7 million gallons each year.
- Completed seven additional turf replacement projects over the last year which removed 84,000 square feet of turf resulting in 3.5 million gallons of annual water savings. These projects provide our residents with examples of water-saving landscape design.
- Averaged 13.4 million gallons in savings per year through IEUA programs from FY 16/17-19/20 (per IEUA Water Use Efficiency Programs Report)
- Created easy online applications for the IEUA regional programs to assist our residents in becoming more water efficient
- Partners with the Chino Basin Water Conservation District to audit the City parks.
- Continues enforcement of the current Stage II Moderate Conservation Ordinance by City staff.
- Invested in recycled water distribution at great expense, so that now the Recycled Water usage in the City is 1,668 acre-feet for FY 2020-21.
Annual Design-A-Sign Poster Contest
Every Spring, the City has a Water Conservation Design-A-Sign Poster Contest. Students who live in or attend a school in the City are encouraged to use their art skills to create a poster that depicts a selected Water Conservation theme. Winning posters are made into street signs and placed throughout the City.
View the Gallery of Yearly Water Conservation Poster Contest Winners