Tag: Water conservation

From Coors to Leprino, Colorado companies dial down water use as water shortages loom

September 5, 2024 by Emily Payne

Coloradans could spend $2 billion-plus replacing water-hungry grass in the name of conservation

February 28, 2024 by Shannon Mullane

Colorado places 9th in national water conservation ranking

March 1, 2023 by Jerd Smith

Calls grow for statewide water conservation standards; some cities skeptical

January 31, 2023 by Allen Best

Cash for Grass: Colorado to pay for turf removal, boost water conservation

November 30, 2022 by Caitlin Coleman

Lake Powell, created with the 1963 completion of Glen Canyon Dam, is the upper basin's largest reservoir on the Colorado River. But 2000-2019 has provided the least amount of inflow into the reservoir, making it the lowest 20-year period since the dam was built, as evidenced by the "bathtub ring" and dry land edging the reservoir, which was underwater in the past. As of October 1, 2019, Powell was 55 percent full. Credit: EcoFlight

New era? Western cities using wetland parks, stormwater capture and mobile wastewater collection

November 10, 2021 by Jerd Smith

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