Why
Xeriscape? For most of the country over fifty
percent of residential water used is applied
to landscape and lawns. Xeriscape can reduce
landscape water use by seventy percent or
more.
Effective
water use doesn't mean changing our lifestyle.
It means reducing water waste, such as improper
irrigation, and finding ways to achieve attractive,
comfortable landscapes without excess water
use.
Your
landscape is an investment in your comfort
and in the value of your property. A good
Xeriscape will increase your property value
by as much as 15%. Xeriscape can also reduce
water and maintenance costs by up to 60%.
Xeriscape helps extend water supplies. When water
use is restricted, inefficient water-thirsty
landscapes suffer first. Protect your landscape
investment by drought-proofing it.
View
these Web Sites for informationon
water saving tips for landscapes, lawn and turf,
inside water use, small acreages, irrigating, and
businesses, as well as facts about the history of
drought in Colorado, and interesting facts about
water issues.
The Mesa County irrigation audit program combined with an
extensive educational effort will result in reduced water
use in landscaped areas. Learn more about proper watering
from improving irrigation management of turf from any of these audits:
is asking customers to voluntarily cut normal
water consumption. How hard is this to do? Even cutting 20%
is easily attainable, especially with irrigation water. If
you're watering 5 days a week, water only 4. If you water
15 minutes per station, water only 12 minutes per station.
If you are thinking of a new yard, learn more about water
conserving landscapes. Xeriscape
can reduce landscape water use by 70% or more. CSU
Cooperative Extension web site has many recommendations
on lawn care and landscaping.
is
a collaboration between the valley’s domestic water
providers and CSU Cooperative Extension to
provide information and educate the public concerning the
Drought Response Plan, the importance of water conservation
and how to reduce water use.
As a result of State-wide drought conditions during the 2001-2002
Water Year, the Grand Valley domestic water providers drafted
a Drought Response
Plan that is based on two stages of drought:
Stage
I Drought - Water conservation efforts continue. Stage
II Drought - Mandatory water use reductions and
a drought rate imposed.
Visit the Kids Page with more information
on drought and water conservation.
The
Kids Page also has all the information for the 2008 Children's Water Poster Contest.
