(Washington, DC) – The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA) has partnered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) WaterSense® program to decrease indoor and outdoor water use through water-efficient product choices and simple water-saving practices.

“The goal of EPA’s WaterSense program is to protect the future of our nation’s water supply by offering people a simple way to use less water,” said Sheila Frace, Director of the EPA Office of Water’s Municipal Support Division.

As a partner, DC WASA will provide to customers useful water-saving techniques and encourage them to look for WaterSense labeled products, when making product choices. These products use about 20 percent less water and perform as well as, or better than, conventional models.

“DC WASA is proud to partner with EPA on the WaterSense program,” said General Manager George S. Hawkins. “We look forward to working with EPA to promote water-saving practices and water-efficient products to our customers. This is a win-win partnership that will help preserve our national and local water supply for the future.”

Using WaterSense labeled products can help consumers dramatically reduce their daily water use. Each day American households use an average of 100 gallons of water. Installing high-performance, water-efficient appliances and fixtures can help consumers cut their indoor water use by as much as 30 percent.

About The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA), is an industry leading multi-jurisdictional regional utility that provides drinking water, wastewater collection and treatment to more 600,000 residential, commercial and governmental customers in the District of Columbia, and also collects and treats wastewater for 1.6 million customers in Montgomery and Prince Georges counties in Maryland and Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. DC WASA’s service area covers approximately 725 square miles and the company operates the world’s largest advanced wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 370 million gallons per day and has a peak capacity of 1.076 billion gallons per day.