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If they water all three days, the board warned, it could push them over the 18,000 gallon two-month limit, and stiff surcharges would kick in.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, you can water <i>more often<\/i>, but not <i>more<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block\">Board president Denise Maes voted against the proposal, saying recent storms raised reservoir levels a bit but rather than rewarding consumers now, she felt the board should continue its long-term plan to conserve water with an eye on what may happen in the future if the drought remains.<\/p>\n<p>Probably how I would have voted as well.  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There&#8217;s no water here!&#8221;","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 17-Apr-03 7:42am","format":false,"excerpt":"(The title is a line I had as the bailiff in a college production of Kafka's The Trial. It's just a Pavlovian phrase for me.) Denver Water has announced its...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Weather (mine)&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Weather (mine)","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/weather-and-seasons"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4713,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2003\/07\/15\/opening_the_tap.html","url_meta":{"origin":5909,"position":4},"title":"Opening the tap a bit","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 15-Jul-03 10:03am","format":false,"excerpt":"Huzzah and hey-nonny-nonny! Denver Water is giving us a third day of watering each week. 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