As we head into the summer season and temperatures start to rise, individual homeowners and community associations will again be faced with watering restrictions due to our continued drought conditions.
Many municipalities in the metro area have already announced their watering restrictions for the Summer of 2004. Listed below are some helpful websites to go to for more information on the watering restrictions in your particular municipality or for information on the drought in general:
www.ext.colostate.edu
• From the homepage, click on the “Drought/Fire” button
• From there, you can click on the link to the Front Range Water Restrictions Guidelines
This link contains a listing of front range area restrictions in one place.
www.rockymountainnews.com
• From the homepage, click on “News”
• Then, click on “Local”
• Scroll down to “April 17”
• Look for the entry for “The watering rules”
OR
• From the homepage, search for “watering rules”
The watering rules article lists the watering restrictions for most of the metro area municipalities. It also provides website addresses and phone numbers for each municipality for more information.
www.denverpost.com
• From the homepage, click on “Special Reports” under the “News” heading
• Then, click on “Dry West”
www.9news.com
• From the homepage, highlight the “News” link
• Next, click on “Drought” from the drop down menu