The City of Redmond has developed
educational programs and participates in regional special events for individuals and businesses to increase our
community's awareness of the environment and to promote public
involvement in protecting it. The choices we make for our environment
today will help preserve and protect it for future generations.
Organizations that offer salmon watching:
Redmond Organization for a Shared Environment offers guided nature
hikes along Bear Creek. Contact R.O.S.E. at 425-882-1846 or via email at
Redmond.ROSE@verizon.net
for more information.
The local non-profit Water Tenders offers "Meet the Salmon" programs
along Bear Creek. Check their website to learn more:
www.watertenders.org
Following are some of the programs we offer to schools:
- City sponsored water conservation and water quality classes
through
Nature Vision.
- A limited number of well tours for students.
- Free Classroom Materials - booklets, posters and conservation kits.
- Classroom visits from Redmond Water Conservation staff on request.
- To find out where your water comes from, take a Virtual Watershed Tour
of the at
Tolt River
Watershed.
- Teachers and students can challenge themselves to save water by playing
the water conservation game and helping Bert the Salmon and Phil
Dumpster make water conserving choices at
the Saving Water website. Or, learn about the value of groundwater
through the Groundwater Story on the King County website.
Contact: Barbara Sullivan at 425-556-2845 or
bsullivan@redmond.gov
for more information.
The City invites you to visit its
Water Conservation Garden located
right on the Sammamish River Trail, just 20 feet south of the NE 85th St
Bridge – a very short walk from the City Hall visitor parking. The
garden is just a few feet from the Sammamish River and demonstrates the
five steps of
Natural
Lawn Care that are easily used in all our gardens.
TOILET REBATES
The City of Redmond and its regional partner, Cascade Water
Alliance, offer qualifying customers within the Redmond and Cascade
service areas $100 rebates for the replacement of old tank-style toilets
with new WaterSense labeled toilets.
To find out more about the
program including eligibility, savings and how to recycle old toilets,
please see the
Cascade Water Alliance website.
There are separate programs for single family homeowners and for
commercial and multi-family customers and for new construction.
OUTDOOR RAIN SENSOR INSTALLATION REBATES
PROGRAM - COMPLETED
During this spring and summer, one hundred sixty-seven rain sensors
were installed in Cascade Water Alliance member service areas. Due
to the overwhelming success of this program, the Cascade Water Alliance
partnership has exhausted its budget for the program and must cancel it
effective August 13, 2010.
There are other rebate programs available and can be found at
Cascade Water.
For more information please contact the water conservation office at
425-556-2845.
Guidelines
for Landscaping with Compost-Amended Soils
This 59 page document is in pdf format. In order to view or print
the document you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader
installed on your computer. (Obtain
free Acrobat Reader.)
For great information about natural yard care, visit King County's
site at
Northwest Natural Yard and Garden.
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