Saving Water Starts Here
Conservation
Use water wisely. Small changes today help protect our community’s future.
Saving Water Starts Here
Use water wisely. Small changes today help protect our community’s future.
Let’s conserve water, Newton County, Georgia!
Water conservation is essential to protecting our community’s most valuable resource. By using water wisely, we help ensure a reliable supply for future generations, safeguard local ecosystems, and reduce the strain on infrastructure. Whether it’s fixing leaks, choosing water-efficient appliances, or adjusting outdoor watering habits, every action makes a difference. Together, we can preserve clean, safe water for all—because conservation starts at home, and every drop counts.
The Georgia Water Stewardship Act of 2010 remains in place. It allows outdoor water use year-round only between 4:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m.
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Never underestimate the positive influence children can have to encourage their families to be better water stewards. Kids can check out our Kids Center helpful tips and fun activities.
Covington Ford is one of Georgia’s oldest family-owned Ford dealerships, and in 2011 they moved into a new LEED-gold certified building. The building uses water-smart fixtures and pollution-reducing storm water management.
The East Village Residential Complex at Oxford College is LEED-gold certified. It has an underground storage tank for irrigation and drip irrigation with rain sensors.
The General Mills plant in Covington installed a wastewater treatment system that reuses half the plant’s process wastewater for other purposes, saving 5.3 million gallons of water per month.
The “Site 1 MSW” area of Newton County’s landfill closed in 1991. Though no environmental improvements were required, the site is within a quarter mile of the Yellow River, so Newton County brought the site up to current standards. This includes removing the waste and treating the remaining soil.
Oxford’s City Hall opened in 2010. This redevelopment implemented several new stormwater mitigation features. Porous pavement in the parking areas reduces runoff. Any remaining stormwater is captured by a rain garden, which slowly filters the water through layers of stone and soil. An underground vault collects the remaining stormwater and stores it for future irrigation.
The Porter Memorial Library, opened in 2010, is Newton County Government’s first LEED certified building. It was designed with several water-smart features, including bio-swales for stormwater treatment and an underground collection tank for irrigation.
The park includes several stormwater management techniques such as riparian buffers, a design to fit the terrain, reduced grading, a reduced parking footprint, and great efforts to preserve mature trees. Runoff is directed to pervious areas such as gravel parking lots.
A new bio-retentive parking lot was constructed behind the Covington City Hall. The parking lot prevents storm water from entering Dried Indian Creek. Water quality measurement is continuously measured, and city cars are washed on a special new pad.