Conserving Water is the Long Beach Lifestyle

Water use efficiency has become a California way of life and it’s always been the Long Beach lifestyle. Long Beach residents have steadily and dramatically shifted the way we use water – we use the same amount of water now as we did in the 1960s, despite a 40 percent increase in our population. With an average water use of fewer than 63 gallons per person per day, Long Beach is a leader in water use efficiency and a great example to the state of California of how a water-wise lifestyle can beautifully transform a community.

We’re Prepared for Dry Conditions

Southern California wholesalers and Long Beach Water are prepared for this year’s dry conditions thanks to sound planning and major investments by the region. We have been investing in emergency water storage for years to ensure we are prepared to meet water supply challenges and ensure reliability. Maintaining a water efficient lifestyle will always be necessary. Long Beach Water is planning for droughts and climate change by modernizing existing and developing new groundwater supplies, as well as creating regional partnerships for future recycled water projects.

Save Water and Money

Long Beach Water Department supports water use efficiency through various programs to help our residents and businesses. We are continuously developing resources to help customers save water and money. Read more about the programs and tools here.

What is LiveH2OLB?

Saving water is the Long Beach lifestyle. There are simple, easy things you can do to save water, whether you are a resident or a business owner. Explore this site to learn about the different programs, resources, and tools Long Beach Water provides to help you conserve.

Quick Links

Indoor and Outdoor Water Hacks – English, Spanish, Tagalog, Khmer (PDFs)
Sign Up for Your WaterSmart Customer Portal
Residential Rebates from SoCal Water$mart
Commercial Rebates from SoCal Water$mart
Resources in English, Khmer, Spanish, and Tagalog

Programs and Rebates

Even though we are prepared for dry conditions, our community must continue to be diligent about saving as much water as we can. Long Beach Water is continuously working to develop innovative and equitable water use efficiency programs and outreach campaigns like those featured below to help our residents and businesses save water. Read more about the programs and tools below that can help you save water and money.

Rebates

Residential rebates are available to help residents switch their indoor and outdoor home utility devices to new, water efficient ones. Visit SoCal WaterSmart for a complete list of available rebates, qualifying models, eligibility requirements, and information on the rebate process.
*Note: applicable to customers living in apartments, townhomes, condominiums or mobile home complexes with four or less units that are not represented by a homeowner’s association or property management company. Multi-family complexes with five or more units may qualify for commercial rebates.

WaterSmart Customer Portal

Every drop of water saved in conservation is one drop of water we don’t need to take out of emergency storage. Monitor your water usage more efficiently and proactively with our new WaterSmart customer portal. Register and log into your free WaterSmart customer portal today.

Native Plant Parkway Program

The Native Plant Parkway program gives you all of the resources to convert your parkway from turf to a native landscape at no cost! Parkways are the area between the sidewalk and street, and are often the cause of wasteful water runoff. In partnership with the California Native Plant Society, Long Beach Water is offering the Native Plant Parkway program to simplify the turf in your parkway with our environment’s best, natural safeguard against water waste – native plants! These plants are uniquely adapted to thrive in our Long Beach climate, with benefits including support for local birds and insects, water conservation, pollution and runoff reduction, and lower maintenance. Visit the Native Plant Parkway page to apply.

Certified Blue Restaurant Program

The Certified Blue Restaurant program recognizes restaurants that have achieved exceptional water efficiency, and already has more than 70 local participating restaurants. These restaurants have voluntarily adopted water-saving devices and appliances to achieve the highest water-efficiency standards and demonstrate to the community how everyone can participate in helping to preserve our precious water resources.

Check out participating restaurants.

Restaurant owners: find out how you can become Certified Blue.

Direct Install Gardens Program

Our Direct Install Gardens program provides a water-wise landscape conversion free of charge to residents with low-income living in historically underserved neighborhoods that have been impacted by environmental pollution. Community investment and capacity building are the core focuses of the DIG program. Applications currently on hold.

Lawn-to-Garden Program

The Lawn-To-Garden program (L2G) is LBW’s flagship, wildly-popular water use-efficiency program. Launched in 2010, the L2G program was created with the goal of making the landscapes of Long Beach water efficient and sustainable by providing multiple benefits for the environment such as capturing stormwater, reducing runoff and developing habitat for birds and butterflies. To date, more than 3.6 million square feet of water-guzzling turf have been replaced with beautiful, water-wise landscapes. Visit the Lawn-to-Garden page to transform your water-thirsty lawn into a beautiful, drought-resistant garden today!

Direct Installation for Multi-Family Efficiency Program

The Direct Installation for Multi-Family Efficiency (DIME) program aims to assist residents that live in multi-family buildings to become more water and energy efficient in their everyday lives. The DIME program retrofits both kitchen and bathroom aerators, toilets, shower heads and coin operated washing machines at zero cost to residents! Changing out these devices effectively reduces water and energy usage, which benefits our customers and the environment. Visit the DIME program page to apply.