In the last century, efforts to transform the American West?s arid and semi-arid landscapes into recreation and tourist spots were amazingly successful. Now thousands of new residents flood into the region each month, bringing with them a growing thirst for the resource often referred to as ?liquid gold.? The challenge of meeting that demand is daunting, but help can be found at Cal Poly Pomona?s Center for Turf, Irrigation and Landscape Technology (C-TILT).