2015 Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation Winners

Enough to fill 2,300 Olympic-sized swimming pools. That’s the amount of water Americans pledged to save over the next year as part of the 2015 Wyland National Mayor’s Challenge for Water Conservation, an annual awareness campaign presented by the Wyland Foundation and Toyota that encourages leaders to promote water efficiency in their communities. Between April 1-30, residents from more than 3,900 cities made 391,325 pledges online to reduce their water use at home, around the yard, and in their lives.

The challenge addresses the growing importance of educating consumers about the many ways they use water – from swapping their lawns out in favor of drought resistant native plants to fixing leaks to looking at how we use water for food and manufacturing. The cities with the highest percentage of residents that made pledges during the monthlong campaign included San Diego, Calif., Aurora, Colo., Torrance, Calif., Poway Calif., and Hermosa Beach, Calif. Additionally, mayors of cities in thirty-five states, including Pittsburgh, Dallas, Denver, Miami, Stockton, Boise, Santa Fe, Pasadena, Gainesville, and Tucson stepped up their involvement with personal appeals to residents to participate.
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