The document discusses water-saving landscaping solutions tailored for intermountain regions, addressing challenges such as extreme temperatures and poor soil. It highlights strategies like windbreaks, xeriscaping, and soil amendments to conserve water. Additionally, it provides insights into average water consumption for various activities.

1. Water Saving
Landscaping
Low maintenance
solutions
For intermountain
regions

2. Challenges
Hot Temperature
Cold Temperature
Shorter Growing Season
Drying Winds
Deluge/Drought
Poor Soil
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3. Temperature Range
Winter Spring Summer Fall
Minimum 18 41 73 43
Maximum 40 72 105 65
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4. Water Cycle
clouds
Condensatio
n and
precipitation
Runoff and
percolation
evaporation
and
transpiration
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5. Water consumption
0
50
100
150
200
250
brushing teeth washing hands toilet flush shaving shower bath dishwasher dishes by hand washing
machine
lawn 20 min
average conservative
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6. Solutions
Windbreaks
Xeriscaping
Soil amendment
Native plants
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7. Windbreaks
Structure
Fences
Walls
Plants
Tree lines
Hedges
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8. Xeriscaping
Planting strategies that conserve water
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9. Soil Amendment
Eastern Washington loses more than 10 tons of soil per acre per
year to rainfall runoff
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