Toro receives 2020 WaterSense Excellence Award
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has again recognized The Toro Co. with a 2020 WaterSense Excellence Award for promoting WaterSense and water efficiency in 2019.
WaterSense recently recognized a total of 28 utilities, manufacturers, builders and other organizations that are making it possible for consumers and businesses to save billions of gallons of water each year as part of its Partner of the Year Awards.
WaterSense, a voluntary partnership program sponsored by the EPA, is both a label for water-efficient products and a resource for helping consumers learn ways to save water. WaterSense-labeled products, homes and programs helped consumers and businesses save 871 billion gallons of water in 2019.
WaterSense Award winners demonstrate their commitment to saving this precious resource by producing, building and promoting labeled products and homes that are independently certified to use less water. In addition, WaterSense offers certification programs for water-smart irrigation professionals.
WaterSense honored The Toro Co. as Manufacturer Partner of the Year in 2016 and an Excellence Award winner in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Toro has been selected as a 2020 Excellence Award winner for showcasing its WaterSense-labeled products at 35 home expos and trade shows, reaching several thousand homeowners and industry professionals.
Toro conducted several training sessions in a variety of locations to educate attendees on water management trends, share best practices, demonstrate WaterSense labeled irrigation products and provide hands-on product experience. Toro once again sponsored the Irrigation Association’s E3 Program that provides scholarships to professional irrigation students; the program awarded students a record number of scholarships last year. The Toro Co. also continued its sponsorship and production of the weekly Water Zone radio program focused on outdoor water efficiency best practices and products.