Water Resources Division Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2017-18 WaterResourcesAR-FY17_18 | страница 14

LANDSCAPE AUDITS
The Landscape Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) provides comprehensive landscape and irrigation
assessments to San Francisco retail customers with over a half-acre of irrigated area. This year, the SFPUC
assessed two landscape sites and identified irrigation efficiency improvements and plant recommendations
for two prior large landscape grant program recipients, Jefferson Square Park and Balboa Park. A custom
report was provided to identify ways each park can tune up their irrigation system and irrigation timer
schedule to increase water savings. Visit sfwater.org/landscape for more information.
LARGE LANDSCAPE GRANT PROGRAM
The Large Landscape Grant Program provides grant assistance to customers with landscapes over a half-
acre and who implement irrigation and planting improvement projects that reduce potable water use. In
FY 2017-18, the SFPUC continued to provide financial support to the following three projects, which are in
various stages of planning, design, and construction:
Washington Square Park:
In the heart of North Beach, this 2-acre public park will reduce water use by an estimated 60% by redesigning
the irrigation system and replacing perimeter areas of lawn with climate-appropriate plantings.
Forest Hill MUNI Station:
This project will replace a 40-year-
old irrigation system and install
new drought-tolerant and native
plantings to reduce water use by
40%. This will also improve overall
site conditions for public transit
riders and the neighborhood.
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Sunol Glen Elementary School:
Sunol Glen Elementary is a SFPUC
retail water customer and will
implement irrigation and planting
improvements to the athletic
field, courtyard and front entrance
to achieve a 45% reduction in
landscape water use. Construction
began in FY 2017‑18, and is expected
to be completed next year.
Washington Square Park