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Paul Aiken, The Daily Camera
Jeremy Diner from the Center for ReSource Conservation sets off the sprinkler system during a water audit of a home in Broomfield, August 2014.Communities all over the West need to conserve water, as states are in various levels of drought. Colorado just had a winter of plentiful moisture, but our governor has warned we must be cautious in water use as our population grows. Despite all this, some communities still require lawns to be planted in sidewalk strips.
I recently witnessed a lawn strip in Broomfield being watered and water flowing down the street and into the storm drain — a waste of at least 50 percent of the water. City and county agencies need to start changing landscape requirements to conserve water.
Ed Brush, Broomfield
This letter was published in the May 27 edition.
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