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Flagstaff water commission recommends sweeping water-conservation changes — turf, fountains and large-lake fills targeted
Summary
The commission voted to recommend revisions to the city's water-conservation ordinance to prohibit irrigation of nonfunctional turf, ban decorative spray/fountain use of potable or reclaimed water, limit large artificial-lake fills and formalize athletic-field exemptions. The item will go to City Council; staff will seek legal review where court orders (e.g., Lake Elaine) may conflict.
The Flagstaff City Water Commission on March 19 voted to recommend a set of changes to the city's water-conservation ordinance that would tighten rules for reclaimed and potable water use and update enforcement.
Tamara, the water conservation program manager, walked commissioners through the main changes. Reclaimed-water users would be subject to a May–September irrigation window restriction (no irrigation between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. during those months). Homeowners associations would no longer be allowed to require turf or to prohibit water-efficient landscaping, and HOAs would have 12 months…
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