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VOLUME 118 | ISSUE 30
WEEK OF JULY 27, 2023
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CLOUDS PART FOR BRIGHTON BBQ
How Coloradans can save water at home BY SHANNON MULLANE THE COLORADO SUN
Young Roland Scott, enjoys a juice box and the performance by Colorado band The Corporation while his parents Lynde and Natasha PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR finish their dinner July 28 at Brighton’s annual BBQ at Carmichael Park. See more photos on page 6.
OK, Coloradans, let’s clear the shampoo out of our eyes: Your shower water is likely connected to the Colorado River water supply crisis. But can you really help by conserving water at home? In recent years, two decades of drought and prolonged overuse have brought the Colorado River Basin’s largest storage reservoirs to the brink of collapse. The crisis is reaching Coloradans’ lives in the form of summer lawn watering restrictions, higher utility bills and even a shortage of Sriracha. Some cities have bought agricultural water rights for more municipal water, and people with junior water rights often have their water supply cut in dry years. Water experts say Colorado residents can help with the crisis, and they have plenty of tips to help the conservation-minded Coloradan start saving water at home. One drawback: In many cases, there’s no guarantee that in-home savings help refill the system’s struggling reservoirs. “It’s like, OK great, our city is now saving 10% of what it was using,” said Gregor MacGregor, a SEE TIPS, P24
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