The City of Brentwood has signed up to participate in the Wyland Foundation National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation. Residents simply go online to www.mywaterpledge.com from April 1-30, 2015, enter Brentwood, and then make online pledges to conserve water, save energy and reduce pollution.
Cities compete in various population categories, with Brentwood in the category of 30,000-99,999 residents. The city with the highest percentage of residents who take the challenge in their population category wins.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Brentwood was ranked No. 48 in the standings in its category.
Residents of the winning cities are eligible to win thousands of prizes – such as a Toyota Prius, home irrigation kits, home improvement gift cards, and more. Most importantly, participants will see real results based on simple actions they can do to save water and energy.
To pledge to reduce water usage, go online to www.mywaterpledge.com and enter Brentwood
How it Works
- Take the “My Water Pledge” on behalf of your city.
- See how much you’ve pledged to save.
- If your city wins and you choose to enter the prize drawing, you are eligible to win one of the following prizes:
- Grand Prize: Toyota Prius v
- $1000 Shopping Spree at a Home Improvement Store
- 50 Smart Irrigation Controllers from the Toro Company
- 250 Home Improvement Store Gift Cards ($25)
- 40 Fixed Mount EcoFlow® Shower Heads from Waterpik
- 40 Hand Held EcoFlow® Shower Heads from Waterpik
Other East County cities participating include Antioch, Oakley and Pittsburg. Here is a look at their current rankings in their respective categories as of Tuesday:
- Antioch – 68
- Oakley – 286
- Pittsburg – 500+
About the Pledge
My Water Pledge is a friendly competition between cities across the US to see who can be the most “water-wise.” Mayors nationwide will challenge their residents to conserve water, energy and other natural resources on behalf of their city through a series of informative, easy-to-use pledges online.
Cities with the highest percentage of residents who take the challenge in their population category win. Cities will compete in the following population categories: 5,000-29,999, 30,000-99,999, 100,000-299,999. 300,000-599,999, 600,000+). Participants in the winning cities are eligible to win hundreds of prizes. By the way, your mayor doesn’t have to participate for your city to win… But every person makes a difference! Last year, the challenge awarded more than $50,000 in prizes to nearly 1,000 residents in U.S. cities.
- submit the information in Report A Problem through the City’s website (www.brentwoodca.gov- Quick Links > Online Services, or Quick Links > DroughtInformation)
- via the free Smartphone Report it! app
- call Public Works/Operations at (925) 516-6000.
2 comments
Sounds like a challenge. Now City of Brentwood should reevaluate the “Developer projects” mentioned in “The Brentwood Connection” newletter sent to business owners in Brentwood. Brentwood is plush with beautiful parks but do we need more right now? Perhaps the other projects can be “parked” until the water situation is solved. I see more landscaping, more faucets etc. with each new project? The Vineyards is opening new sections(breaking ground) can that can be stopped or paused? How about the building a new college campus, maybe wait? Makes me think of the vineyards I see from Vasco road, where is the water coming from? Or where could it have gone if not planted? Are there plans to plant more, looks like the land is being prepped. If you are asking for the challenge from Brentwood residents we are up for the challenge but I pose such questions. As i see it, if my family made a budget to cut back 25%, everyone in the family needs to step up. So don’t bring up we need that shiny new car!
Maybe Mayor Bob Taylor could donate some of his crocodile tears. Not only does he often speak in the third person, but he has the used car salesmen ability to cry on demand. Admittedly we are experiencing an extended drought however municipal conservation is for all intents and purposes ineffective. Fact: over 80 percent of the states water is soaked up by ag. Farmers who could care less about conservation. They buy our water for pennies on the dollar, grow crops which are not consumed here and turn a handy profit. City water accounts for approximately 10 percent of all water used in the state. That’s right. Want a challenge? Figure it out Brentwood.
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