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Mayo Clinic Phoenix cuts landscaping water use 55%, saves about 11 million gallons a year
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Mayo ClinicPhoenix staff said irrigation audits, repairs, software upgrades and low-flow systems reduced campus landscaping water use by 55%, saving roughly 11,000,000 gallons annually and improving tree health after a period of heavy losses.
Mayo Clinic Phoenix staff said the campus reduced its landscaping water use by about 55%, saving roughly 11,000,000 gallons a year after irrigation audits, repairs and upgrades implemented over a five-year effort.
The changes came after the campus experienced widespread plant stress and storm damage. "1 year we actually lost close to a hundred trees on our campus, and that was really for us the turning point that helped us to recognize that there was something wrong on this campus," a staff member said, describing what prompted the review and subsequent work.
Staff said the hospital began measuring water use and hired landscape and irrigation experts to audit the system and…
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