This publication explains the general principles for water conservation in landscapes and provides details for implementing those principles, as well as a second section on calculations for landscape water use.
The useful and time-tested principles of xeriscaping, listed here in order of their importance for water conservation in California, have become widely incorporated into landscape strategies and are discussed in-depth:
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