The City of Menlo Park is a successful model for water conservation strategies that produce measurable results. Menlo Park achieved a 50 percent reduction in water use, exceeding its State-required 16 percent water reduction goal. The city employs a number of water conservation programs such as Lawn Be Gone, Conserve-A-Scape, Waterfluence, a water waste hotline and municipal water conservation efforts. Menlo Park is a recognized water conservation leader with several news articles documenting these successful programs. Acterra recently declared the city’s water conservation programs a finalist in its annual Business Environmental Awards. Other finalists include:

Environmental project

• City of Menlo Park - Water Conservation Projects
• City of Hayward Water Pollution Control Facility - Green Power
• Stanford University - Stanford Energy System Innovations

Sustainable built environment

• Arkin Tilt Architects - Project Green Home
• Forty Niners Stadium Management Company - Levi's Stadium
• Huettig & Schromm, Sharp Development Company - 415 Mathilda

Environmental innovation

• Aclima
• Building Robotics - Comfy
• Motiv Power Systems

Acterra Award for Sustainability

• Bon Appétit Management Company
• Genentech- South San Francisco 
• New Resource Bank
• SCS Global Services
• Surplus Service