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3. Make Efforts to Conserve Water. Show new homeowners you not only care about the environment, but also that you are actively seeking ways to save on your community's utility bills. Here are creative ways that your landscape partner can help reduce your overall water expenditure. 1. Using sustainable and native plants that require less water 2. Determining if an irrigation system needs to be updated or installed 3. Hydrozoning green areas; this means clustering plants that have similar water requirements around each irrigation system valve so that none of them will be over-watered or under-watered. 4. Understanding the weather patterns in your area as they relate to plants' water needs 5. Finding the best technology providers for up-to-date irrigation solutions 6. Converting planter bed areas from pop-up spray heads to drip system When it comes to water management, every little drop counts. While a comprehensive water management plan can dramatically slash a community's water bill, sweeping change isn't always necessary to see a difference. Even small, incremental updates can yield meaningful savings. ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTOR BrightView takes pride in providing consistent, high-quality landscape and snow services with a dependable service commitment. As the nation's leading landscape services company, BrightView's more than 22,000 team members design, develop, maintain and enhance thousands of clients' properties.