Conservation
Landscape Care Class Schedule
All classes are taught by Craig Miller, Water Conservation Specialist for Parker Water and Sanitation District
9/12 - Choosing the Right Tree for the Right Location, and How to Plant that Tree
Tagawa Garden Center, 7711 S. Parker Rd., Centennial, CO 1:00 PM
- This class will help you make the right decision when it comes to tree selection and planting. We will explore environmental factors that influence tree selection, what you should look for when purchasing a tree, tree placement and proper planting techniques.
9/19 - How to Kill a Tree
Tagawa Garden Center, 7711 S. Parker Rd., Centennial, CO 11:00 AM
- Our 5 step program for “Assisted Herb-icide” will teach you how to properly care for your trees. From poor pruning to construction damage, improper planting to over watering, we will cover the tree maintenance practices that shorten the lives of trees in our urban forest..
9/25 - Fall Color in the Landscape
Parker Library, 10851 S Crossroads Drive, Parker 10:00 AM
- It’s never too early to be thinking about adding fall interest to your yard! We will go over the basics of fall color, and a variety of colorful tree and shrub selections. We will also touch on fruit, bark, perennials and ornamental grasses that provide fall and winter interest.
Xeriscape Resources
Guide to Home Water Management
Caring for Trees in Dry Climates
Spring-Summer Tree Watering Schedule
Fall-Winter Tree Watering Schedule
Planting a Blue Grama Lawn from Seed
ET Based Smart Irrigation Controllers
Trees, Shrubs, Junipers, Evergreens, Perennials, Vines and Grasses
Water Conservation Plan
Efficient water use is an important component of water supply planning for Parker Water
and Sanitation District (PWSD). Reduced water demands will decrease future water
supply needs, leaving more of a finite and valuable resource to be shared among other
water users. Water demand reduction will also save significant financial capital required
to build water and wastewater treatment, distribution, and collection facilities.
Click here for Full Plan...
Lawn Watering
PWSD Irrigation & Lawncare Guidlines for Homeowners
Restrictions
Parker Water does not have any mandatory watering restrictions at this time. We do ask that customers follow the voluntary watering schedule posted each season on this website.
Tips on reducing water use on lawns
Most customers will find that they can remain in the first tier (under 20,000 gallons per month) by watering their lawns no more than every third day, this also promotes a deeper root system. Your lawn will be much more drought tolerant.
Water early in the morning to avoid excessive evaporation; it is usually less windy then as well, and the water pressure is generally higher. Try to avoid watering paved areas, and don’t use your hose to wash sidewalks and driveways.
You can audit your lawn watering by reading your meter prior to the start of lawn watering, and reading it when finished to determine the number of gallons used per cycle.
People can survive 30 days without food, but only about three days without water. As world population grows, Americans need to pay more attention to how much water we use. Mark Strassmann reports. |
Click here for the January 8, 2010 video news story from CBS.
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.
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.
We encourage conservation
Free water saving devices – low flow shower heads and faucet aerators, leak detection kits, rain gauges.
Annual Xeriscape garden contest.
Detailed Xeriscape information.
Free conservation activity books and handouts for kids. Also have school tours.
Excessive Use?
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 the customer money.
Winterizing Residential Irrigation Backflow Prevention Assemblies
