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About Us

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Water Efficiency: Our Responsibility

Earth may be known as the "water planet", but even though about 70% of its surface is covered by water, less than 1% is available for human use. Water supplies are finite and we can all help protect this critical and precious resource.

Learn more about why a program like WaterSense is important and how you can do your part to help save water every day.

Products & Partnerships

WaterSense helps people save water with a product label and tips for saving water around the house. Products carrying the WaterSense label perform well, help save money, and encourage innovation in manufacturing.

WaterSense partners with manufacturers, retailers and distributors, and utilities to bring WaterSense labeled products to the marketplace and make it easy to purchase high-performing, water-efficient products. WaterSense also partners with irrigation professionals and irrigation certification programs to promote water-efficient landscape irrigation practices.

Explore WaterSense labeled products and meet our partners.

Making a Difference

Since the program's inception in 2006, WaterSense has helped consumers save a cumulative 287 billion gallons of water and over $4.7 billion in water and energy bills.

Choose from the reports below to learn more about WaterSense program progress and achievements throughout the years:

• WaterSense 2011 Accomplishments Report (PDF) (3 pp, 4.56MB), 11"x17" (2 pp, 3.98MB) or 8.5"x11" (4 pp, 4.56MB) for printing.
• 2010 Accomplishments Report (PDF) (6 pp, 926K)
• 2009 Accomplishments Report (PDF) (6 pp, 1.1MB)
• 2008 Accomplishments Report (PDF) (4 pp, 796K)
• 2007 Accomplishments Report (PDF) (4 pp, 452K)
• 2006 Accomplishments Report (PDF) (2 pp, 1.2MB)
• Methodology and Assumptions (PDF) (3 pp, 89K)