CHANGING THE LANDSCAPE AWARDS
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or the winners of this year’s Changing the Landscape Awards, putting in the time and effort made a big dif- ference in the end result. In one case, that came in the form of practice and training preparing for one day of in-
stallation. For the other, several years of retrofits and education made a meaningful difference. Either way, they’re projects that the winners can be proud of.
IRRIGATION CATEGORY WINNER:
Anthony’s Irrigation Dwayne Anthony, owner of Anthony’s Irrigation in Highland, California, obtained his contractor’s license in 1979, when he was 21 years old. He was eager to take the test as soon as he was able, taking night courses and working during the day to follow his father’s footsteps as a contractor. He started out as a full landscape irrigation contractor, partnering with others in the business occasionally rather than taking on employees. About 10 years ago, he started paying closer attention to water efficiency as a way of making the best use of what was available in his region of California. Anthony, the winner of this year’s Irrigation category sponsored by Dawn Industries, dug into the details around different types of sprinkler heads and other equipment to make better use of his customers’ resources and developed himself as an advocate for efficiency, dropping installations in favor of making updates to current systems. “I started making recommendations to customers,” he says.
He would point out the benefits of a high-efficiency nozzle, or of a weather-based irrigation controller, and take the time to explain them. “A lot of customers really liked that approach. It was probably 50% of my work, just going in and doing retrofits with high-efficiency products.” As a part of his retrofit work, he found out about the rebates
that East Valley Water District, which operates in his Southern California area, offers for conversion of equipment like rotary nozzles and drip irrigation systems. He told his customers to take his invoice and submit it to the district to take advantage of those rebates. “And East Valley started seeing my letterhead go across their
desks more frequently than any other contractor,” he says. “Tey had inspected a lot of my jobs already for the rebates, so that’s what got me in the door.” In late 2015, the district developed a plan for offering con-
This year’s Changing the Landscape Award winners did the hard work to get amazing results. By Kyle Brown
troller retrofits on request to residents, with the program funded by a grant, and asked Anthony to bid for his services in doing
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