Douglas County Water Resource Authority

Save water and save money by washing your car at a WaterSavers car wash with a DCWater.org decal on your car! Until December 31, 2014, your decal entitles you to $1 off a car wash at the following area car washes: Kwik Car Wash in Parker and Littleton, Car Wash Express in Highlands Ranch and Centennial, and Jazz Car Wash & Detailing on S. Santa Fe. Visit washwithwatersavers.com, or www.DCWater.org for more information. Obtain your decal from students participating in the "Water Ambassador" program at your local high school. Save Water/Save Money - it's Easy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJYYiP33jLA

Gov. Hickenlooper Supports Water Efficiency Around the Home Our series of two-minute videos show citizens "how-to" take easy steps to use water more efficiently in and around their homes. View the series at www.dcwate...

Despite recent storms, as reported in the Denver Post, water levels are pretty scary as we look forward to summer. Remember, saving water now matters!

Denver area's water utilities need your help The numbers don

Interesting story in this week's Denver Business Journal about water in southern suburbs that would provide renewable water supply:

Deal would prevent water from leaving Colorado; would serve suburbs - Denver Business Journal Denver’s southern suburbs, dependent on shrinking supplies of groundwater, could...

Great to hear Governor Hickenlooper talking about the importance of our water policies in his State of the State address!

Fantastic column today in the Denver Post about making smart water choices:

Guest Commentary: Making water-smart energy choices in Colorado - The Denver Post Colorado is the birthplace of four major rivers, and almost every drop of that water is "owned" by someone or obligated to another state downstream.

http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_21484738/conserving-colorado-water-drought-year

Guest Commentary: Conserving Colorado water in a drought year - The Denver Post They are the aquamarine team. Dressed in t-shirts of that same vibrant colo r—"conservation starts here" printed across the chest — twenty irrigation auditors from the Center for Resource Conservation make it their mission

Great piece in the New York Times about the issues we're facing with water and how we better start looking at them in a new way:

Don’t Waste the Drought The drought represents an opportunity to reimagine how we manage, use and even think about water.

Training a new regiment of great high school students who will deliver awesome water conservations presentations to elementary school kids. The high school students are inspiring and it's awesome to see they younger kids treat them like rock stars when we visit the schools.

Pretty cool news about a new road that will help with traffic congestion in Douglas County:
http://www.ourcoloradonews.com/lonetree/news/hess-road-connects-parker-to-i/article_a1b5f793-aa9a-5e43-b192-6d07e7f17fa9.html

Hess Road to connect Parker to I-25 The opening of another east-west road connection between Interstate 25 and Parker is expected to reduce the burden on the highway’s interchange with Lincoln Avenue.

Our ThunderRidge Ambassadors did a nice job at Coyote Creek and the 4th grade students there were some of the best-behaved, water-smart kids we've seen so far!

The final water conservation presentation given by the great students at Douglas County High School on Jan. 12, 2012. These inspiring students give us all hope for the future!