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October 19, 2012--Greeley residents stop watering, conserve 96 million gallons of water (Greeley Tribune)

In just two weeks, Greeley residents lowered their water use enough to supply 640 homes with water for an entire year, the city’s water and sewer department reported. Despite warmer weather this month — and still no sign of the first snow in Greeley — many residents complied with city officials’ pleas to stop watering their lawns by Oct. 1 instead of the city’s usual recommendation to stop by Oct. 15. The result was a savings of 96 million gallons of water, said Natalie Stevens, spokeswoman for Greeley’s water department.

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