Douglas County Water Resource Authority

09/24/2013

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.

08/07/2013

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

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...

03/22/2013

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!

The numbers don

01/21/2013

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

Denver’s southern suburbs, dependent on shrinking supplies of groundwater, could...

01/10/2013

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

10/15/2012

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

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.

09/07/2012

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

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

08/17/2012

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:

The drought represents an opportunity to reimagine how we manage, use and even think about water.

02/24/2012

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.

01/20/2012

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

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.

01/16/2012

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!

01/13/2012

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!