U.S. Water News Online
DENVER -- Denver Water plans to give away 10,000 water-saving kits in an effort to reduce water use during the current drought.
The Denver Water Board voted to spend $80,000 on the kits, which will be distributed at the Colorado Garden and Home Show in February.
The kits contain a water-saving shower head, leak-detector tablets for toilets, flow reducers for water faucets and a bucket good for collecting water in showers, said Liz Gardener, conservation manager for Denver Water.
``If 70 percent of the people who take them actually install these devices, we will save 131 acre-feet of water annually,'' Gardener said.
Denver Water's reservoirs, and others around the state, are about 48 percent full, compared with an average of 80 percent this time of year.
Denver Water serves 1.1 million people in metro Denver. Customers are banned from any outdoor water use through the winter to conserve water supplies.
Return to the U.S. Water News Archives page Or Return to the U.S. Water News Homepage
Editor@uswaternews.com
*Your Name:
*Your Email:
*Friend's Email:
Use a comma to separate e-mail addresses:
*Your Comments:
Hi, I thought you might like to read this article.
*Required Fields