Efficiency Tips
Water
The primary mantra at Parker Water is to look out for our customer’s water future. But we can’t do it alone. Using water responsibly has become more than a necessity, it’s just the smart thing for everyone to do, especially in Colorado.
Each day, the average Parker Water residential customer uses more than one hundred gallons of water. Multiply that to our 45,000 plus population. Take that number and multiply it by 365 (days of the year). Yep. Those numbers REALLY add up fast. That’s why careful research and information-based planning by water experts goes into the community’s master plan for our secure water future every step of the way.
Learn how you can maximize your water usage at home and at work. The resources are FREE and they’re all right here!
Water Waste Alert
If you notice excessive running water – please e-mail conservation@pwsd.org with the location, time and date that you noticed the leak. PWSD will work with the residences, businesses and homeowner associations to fix the problem.
Leak Detection
How to read meter to detect leaks
First, locate your meter (the majority of meters in Parker Water & Sanitation District are in the basement). Make a note of the meter reading. If the leak detector indicator is moving, there is water moving through the meter.
Second, turn off all fixtures in and around your home, and don’t use any water for an hour. Then go back and check the reading on the meter, if it has changed, you have a leak or leaks!
How a leak will affect billing
- A 1/32” drip can waste 6,166 gallons per month.
- A 1/16” trickle can waste 24,666 gallons per month.
- A 1/8” stream can waste 98,666 gallons per month.
- A 1/4” stream can waste 393,833 gallons per month.
Help us by reporting leaks!
Have you ever seen an urban geyser or a suburban swamp? You know the kind, the broken sprinkler head that fountains up in the middle of a yard or a soggy green belt you need a canoe to cross… Often problems like this go unnoticed by the owner for days, and if they don’t know it’s broken, they can’t fix it. If you notice excessive running water – please e-mail conservation@pwsd.org with the location, time and date that you noticed the leak. PWSD will work with the residences, businesses and Home Owners Associations to fix the problem. Your help with this helps us all save water and money.
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Articles
Colorado Among 14 States in Water Danger Zone
The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) said global warming has placed more than 1,100 counties -- a third of all counties in the Lower 48 States -- at higher risk of water shortages by mid-century and more than 400 of them will be at extremely high risk.
Tetra Tech drafted the report for NRDC using data and climate projections that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had used to evaluate withdrawals related to renewable water supply.
The study found that parts of 14 states face an extreme or high risk to water sustainability, or are likely to see limitations on water availability, as demand exceeds supply by 2050. The states were Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.