Water Conservation
Since the Irvine Company was founded as an agricultural company more than a century ago, it has conserved and reused water by all means available. The company's water conservation efforts did not ebb as it transitioned from an agricultural company to a community master planner in the early 1960s. In fact, they expanded as new communities emerged on The Irvine Ranch, manifesting themselves in myriad innovations that continue to this day.
Reclaimed water is ubiquitous here; reclaimed water-along with creative ways of transporting it-has been a core part of The Ranch's environmental legacy since 1967, when IRWD, with support from the Irvine Company, opened the Michelson Water Reclamation Plant. Like all of its conservation and environmental stewardship efforts on The Ranch, the company's success at conserving water is the product of collaborative efforts involving diverse interests, including IRWD, environmental organizations, community leaders and local cities, as well as county, state and federal agencies.