The Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership earned multiple awards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its work promoting the EPA WaterSense program and water efficiency in 2022. The awards were presented at the WaterSmart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada and included a Partner of the Year Award and a WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award for the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership, the organization’s second and seventh WaterSense awards, respectively. Some of the accomplishments recognized by the Partner of the Year Award for 2022 included how the partnership participated in several WaterSense campaigns and promoted WaterSense labeled products. In addition, the WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award recognizes the partnership’s role as the lead agency for the Qualified Water Efficient Landscape Program. In 2022, the program certified 766 professionals - 200 more than were certified the previous year. In addition, over 1,400 professionals maintained their certifications in 2022 by meeting continuing education requirements.