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August 20, 2012--Drought conditions call for water conservation (Summit Daily)

The Colorado River Basin, a group of leading advocacy organizations, is launching a new campaign to urge the region's urban communities to do their part to put the Colorado River on a sustainable path after this drought year.
The 90 by 20 campaign, which launched in early August, is asking communities in Colorado to commit to achieving residential water usage rates of 90 gallons per capita per day by 2020. Focused on limiting residential use of water by asking utility customers to work with their residential customers, campaign organizers are striving over the next eight years to achieve average usage rates of 90 gallons per person per day. The usage includes the water to wash, cook and clean and irrigating landscapes. If utility companies across Colorado meet the benchmark, the region would save over 1 million acre-feet of water per year — enough to supply Denver for three years.

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