Tips for Distributing Water for Tomorrow in Your Community

Water for Tomorrow is reaching Californians with valuable information on water in a consumer-friendly format.

Here are some great ways to distribute Water for Tomorrow in your community.

1) Reach out to the education community. You can do this by distributing Water for Tomorrow to high schools, libraries and junior colleges. Resource material can be hard to come by in these economic times and distributing the magazine among the education community can help make sure that upcoming generation is aware of the current water crisis in California.

2) Reach out to the business community.

• The local Chamber of Commerce is an excellent distribution point for a magazine like Water for Tomorrow to encourage sustainable business practices. The “Best Practices” editorial piece that appears in each issue of Water for Tomorrow looks at both residential and commercial applications of sustainable water use practices.

• Landscaping firms, contractors and landscape associations would find these articles helpful in explaining where local water comes from, how it is managed and how they can help consumers conserve.

3) Reach out to the neighborhood community.

• Home owners associations sometimes manage water usage. Water for Tomorrow can help home owners see how the local water managers are working to ensure a constant supply of safe drink water. The magazine can also be a tool to encourage the home owners association to consider using recycled water in landscaping at parks and recreational areas.

• Neighborhood board meetings are another venue that would benefit from the distribution of Water for Tomorrow. Local water agencies can speak about current water policies and regulations that affect the neighborhood and distribute the magazine to help educate the community.

• Many local businesses look for material that their customers can read while they are waiting. Check with your local restaurants to see if they have literature racks where you can leave a supply of the magazine. Also check with county service centers, medical offices and hospitals to see if you can leave a handful in their waiting areas.

4) Check with your local newspaper to insert the magazine in their Sunday paper. In most cases you can negotiate with the papers on the delivery rate and it can be cheaper than the post office rates.