Aurora OKs watering restrictions
Rocky Mountain News
Published April 25, 2007 at midnight
Aurora residents can't water their lawn more than three days a week under standard summertime restrictions adopted Monday by the Aurora City Council.
Beginning May 1, residents with even-numbered addresses can water Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Residents with odd-numbered addresses can water Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
As part of the restrictions, residents cannot water between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., when evaporation rates are highest.
The rules don't limit how long residents can water, but city officials can cite people for wasting water.
At 67 percent of their combined capacity, the city's reservoirs are in better shape than in recent years, but officials say they don't want residents to backslide on their water-conserving habits.
"The thing our council wanted to get across was conservation is something we really want to encourage in Aurora, and we really should have a culture of conservation," said Aurora utilities spokeswoman Meghan Hughes.
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