Turf and Urban Landscape

     "....to promote the conservation and protection of water resources in the urban environment through improved irrigation management and enhanced horticultural practices."

In 1993 Northern Water expanded its Irrigation Management Service to include a Turf and Urban Landscape Water Management & Conservation program. While municipalities currently own approximately 66 percent of all Colorado-Big Thompson Project units, in a typical year agriculture uses about 60 percent of all C-BT water allocated. Municipalities and industries use the other 40 percent, with more than half of treated municipal water used for outdoor irrigation.

Northern Water is a resource for approximately 830,000 residents in eight Northern Colorado counties. Its education and training programs, studies and demonstrations help residents and communities manage, conserve and protect the area’s water resources, particularly water used for landscape irrigation.

Northern Water trains turfgrass managers, landscape professionals and water conservation specialists to monitor landscape water use, learn irrigation scheduling techniques, and perform irrigation audits, with an emphasis on voluntary cooperation and participation. Northern Water resources are available to the public through presentations, reports, field days, tours, handouts, and brochures like the Lawn Watering Guide and the Conservation Gardens Brochure.