Shopping Malls to see Water Conservation

A Regency Shopping Center in California

With water tables steadily falling across the country, consumers and businesses alike are beginning to look at water conservation measures as a way to insure future water needs are met. A Petaluma, California company, HydroPoint Data Systems, Inc., developed their WeatherTRAK Smart Water Management system as an effective tool for water conservation and lawn care maintenance. (see http://tinyurl.com/dbyhex)

HydroPoint recently announced that Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE: REG) will be installing the Smart WeatherTrak system at thirty of their shopping centers across the U.S.Regency began a water conservation campaign in late 2008, centering on 36 of its shopping centers, 27 of which are in California, 2 in Oregon and 1 in Washington. Depending on this program’s results, Regency intends to install this water-saving technology throughout all its properties, says Mark Peternell, Regency’s vice president of sustainability.

Perhaps flowing puddles of water around pristine shopping center malls will soon become a thing of the past – a benefit to all in reduced groundwater contamination and water runoff.