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​​​​Common areas landscape water costs can be a large portion of your budget if your HO​​​A maintains large common landscaped areas. Explore resources that can help HOAs increase water efficiency while still maintaining attractive and valuable landscapes.

• Learn how to handle common irrigation efficiency issues that HOAs face.
• How to use the bid process to hire a highly qualified landscape contractor.
• Understand what certifications mean when hirin​g a landscape contractor​.
• Ask these questions​ when choosing a lawn care or landscape contractor.
• Save money and increase plant health with these Landscape Maintenance Considerations for HOAs.
  

• Proper care of trees and plants

• Pruning shrubs​

• Pruning Trees

• Desert adapted plants​

• Water-Efficient Landscape Guide

• Drought-tolerant grass

• Adjusting watering schedul​es

• Landscape watering card

• Contract carefully. Here's a sample Landscape Contract​.​
• Considering replacing grass with desert landscaping? Make sure you do it right.
• ​How to Eliminate a Bermuda Grass Lawn Using Glysophate

​What About Indoor Water Use?

• Encourage residents to find and repair leaky faucets and toilets using the Smart Home Water Guide​. Order a print copy from the media and literature order form.​ ​

• ​​Replace old appliances and fixtures with new high-efficiency models. Look for EPA WaterSense and EPA Energy Star labels to find products that have passed performance and efficiency tests.

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​Where Can I Find Out More? ​

• Smart Scape Professional​​

• Arizona Certified Landscape Professional

• Irrigation Specialist

• Certified Arborists

• Arizona Registrar of Contractors