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On October 5, 2023, the 2023 WaterSense Sustained Excellence, Partner of the Year, and Excellence Award winners were announced during the WaterSmart Innovations Conference. WaterSense and its more than 2,000 utility, manufacturer, retail, builder, and other organizational partners make it possible for consumers and businesses to save water, energy, and money by producing and promoting water-efficient products, homes, and programs. Since 2006, WaterSense partners have helped save 7.5 trillion gallons of water and $171 billion on consumer utility bills.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pleased to recognize 13 Sustained Excellence Award winners, 9 Partner of the Year Award winners, and 25 Excellence Award winners for their support of WaterSense and water efficiency in 2022 and contributing to annual savings of 1.1 trillion gallons of water!

After being named a WaterSense Partner of the Year three times, Fulton Homes has earned its first Sustained Excellence Award. In 2022, Fulton built 796 homes designed to meet the WaterSense specification, and 92 percent of those earned the label. Fulton ensures that 100 percent of the homes they build contain WaterSense labeled products, along with ENERGY STAR appliances, smart irrigation controllers, and water recirculation and leak detection systems. Fulton puts the WaterSense “We Build” logo on outreach materials, website, social media, and banners in their communities.

"As Arizona’s largest family-owned and operated builder, we understand our unique responsibility to engineer water conservation into our homes and communities. Participation in the WaterSense program provides actionable steps to achieve these goals, while maintaining high quality standards and delighting our customers."
-Doug Fulton, CEO

Fulton project managers and their assistants are trained in all areas of WaterSense and sustainable building practices. Fulton Homes also works closely with plumbing contractors so that they understand the importance of WaterSense labeled products. To ensure its homes were able to meet version 2.0 of the WaterSense homes program, Fulton management met quarterly with their third-party inspectors to review the updated specification, discussed methods to meet the new requirements, and conducted community outreach.

To learn more about the WaterSense program, visit the EPA's WaterSense website at: www.epa.gov/watersense .