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Arvada utilities ask residents to reduce water use by 20% as city enacts drought restrictions
Summary
City utilities staff said Arvada has enacted drought restrictions for the first time in 13 years and asked the public to cut water consumption by at least 20% because of historically low raw water supplies and low snowpack; staff described infrastructure and operations work to maintain safe drinking water.
During a presentation on Drinking Water Week on May 5, Arvada city staff outlined the city's water system history and asked residents to reduce water use by at least 20% amid an unprecedented low snowpack and raw-water shortfall.
"For our water systems, there are hundreds of miles of pipe underground that carry clean water to our homes," staff speaker Bethany Kolb said…
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