Water conservation is more important now than ever.
Reducing your use can lower your water bills and protect our local watershed.
Outdoor water use reductions have the most impact on our local streams. Indoor water that is used and flushed down the drain ends up at our wastewater treatment plant, which cleans the water and returns it to Brush Creek. This process ensures most of the water that is used indoors is returned to the creek.
Water that is used outside (irrigation) does not always make it back to the creek. Some is absorbed into the soil, some evaporates, and some is consumed by plants. Because of this conserving your outdoor water use makes the biggest difference when trying to save water.
Visit the Beyond Lawn website to learn how you can reduce your use!
Beyond Lawn provides practical water conservation and biodiversity enhancement solutions to Eagle County residents, providing:
- Sustainable & waterwise landscaping resources for homeowners and land managers
- On-site evaluations & custom reports
- Community education & outreach, and
- Policy guidance
Additional benefits of water conservation include:
- keeping water in Brush Creek for healthy fish habitat
- keeping flows on the Eagle River high enough for recreational uses
- keeping creek and river temperatures low
- maintaining drinking water supplies
- keeping surrounding habitat moist and more resistant to wildfire