According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Watersense Initiative, landscape irrigation accounts for nearly a third of all household water use in the United States. This percentage reaches over 60% of home water used for gardening in dry locations like the Southwest United States (including South California). To make matters worse, incorrect watering techniques are thought to be responsible for up to 50% of landscape irrigation water loss.

The US Geological Survey (USGS), which is part of the Department of the Interior, oversees the USGS National Water-Use Information Program. California consumes more water than any other state, more water is used for irrigation than any other application, and each Californian uses an average of 181 gallons of water each day, according to the most recent data.

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) has t has a lot to say about the amount of water required to irrigate natural grass fields. A standard lawn of 1,000 sq feet requires roughly 35,000 gallons of water per year. The ACWA, on the other hand, estimates that customers over-irrigate landscaping by up to 60%, resulting in a house lawn using up to 75,000 gallons of water per year.