Colorado Water
Denver Water may end all watering restrictions on August 31st, according to the Rocky Mountain News [July 29, 2004, "Denver Water may end restrictions"]. From the article, "An average of 3.45 inches of rain was reported in the past 30 days at monitoring stations, including the reservoirs and Denver International Airport, (Ed) Pokorney said. The rain prompted Denver Water's customers to use 35 percent less water than normal between May 1 and July 25, he said. Discussion of relaxing the water rules and surcharges will resume at Denver Water's Aug. 11 meeting. David LaFrance, Denver Water's vice president of finance, said eliminating the surcharges would have economic consequences because surcharge revenues have offset lower-than-expected water sales. He said 31 percent of the customers haven't used enough water to trigger a surcharge, and 70 percent of the customers who did pay a surcharge paid $16 or less." Here's the coverage from the Denver Post.
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