As expected, Denver Water has imposed strict drought rules on its 1.2MM customers, effective 1 May.
For home lawn watering, folks are limited to two days per week (specified for odd vs. even addresses — we’ll be on a Sat/Wed schedule), an average of 15 minutes per sprinkler zone, but not from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hefty fines await those who get caught doing otherwise.
Trees and shrubs can be handwatered on assigned days, but, again, not between 10 and 6. Flowers and vegetables can be hand-watered on any day except Monday, and not between 10 and 6.
With management, I think we can do that another year, but we’ll need to be careful. The tree sacks will be useful for the trees out front. A couple of tasks which need doing:
- More mulch. Much more mulch.
- Re-alligning some sprinkler heads to focus on flower beds.
Fewer plantings this year, alas, at least of smaller plants outside of pots. More hand-watering.
Margie’s suggested doing more drip irrigation out in the yard. I’m not convinced that’s the best way of handling things … but I’m not unconvinced, either.
Anyway, it gives me something to start acting on this weekend.