Moulton Niguel Water District Headquarters to Spend 15K on Plants

Correction: An earlier version of this story misspelled the last name of MNWD General Manager Robert Gumerman.

is in the process of planting California-friendly or drought-tolerant plants around its adminstrative offices at 27500 La Paz Road at cost of $15,025.

The project is expected to be complete in about six weeks. The renovation costs include planting and irrigation, according to MNWD General Manager Robert Gumerman.

While planting these plants is an attempt to save on irrigation and caretaking costs, there is another reason.

"Most important is that it will demonstrate to our ratepayers what the possibilities are when using California-friendly plants," Gumerman said.

The MNWD uses recycled water for irrigation at its administrative office building.  This is one of more than 1,200 recycled water connections in the MNWD. Currently, more than 21 percent of the annual water usage in the MNWD is recycled water, which extends the domestic water supplies for the region, and results in a cost-savings for the recycled water users, he said.  

Recycled water is sold at 80 percent of the potable water rates.

The following is a list of the plant materials that will be used:

PLANTS

Anigozanthos Flavidus "Big Red"

Kangaroo Paws

Arctostaphylos "Emerald Carpet"

Dwarf Manzanita

Arctostaphylos "Pacific Mist"

Pacific Mist Manzanita

Ceanothus Thyrsiflorus "Skylark"

Wild Lilac

Lavatera Maritima

Tree Mallow

Mahonia Repens

Creeping Mahonia

Muhlenbergia Capillaris "Regal Mist"

Pink Muhly

Myrtus C. "Compacta"

Dwarf Myrtle

Nandina Domestica

Domestic Bamboo

Nandia D. "Gulfstrem"

Gulfstream Nandina

Nassella Tenuissima

Mexican Feather Grass

Phormiums Texax "Jack Spratt"

Dwarf Flax

Phormiums Texax "Bronze Baby"

Bronze Flax

Trichostema Lanatum

Woolly Blue Curls

Verbena Lilacina "De La Mina"

Cendros Island Verbena

Zauschneria "Summer Snow"

California Fuchsia

POT PLANTING (2 POTS)

Echeveria Gibbiflora

Graptopetalum Paraguayense