Denver Water encourages residents to change watering schedules [Video]

DENVER — Denver Water provides water to 1.5 million people. To keep up with service long-term, they’re calling on customers to reconsider when and how often they’re watering their lawns.

“Many, many folks are watering at the same time,” Denver Water spokesperson Todd Hartman said. “And when they do that, that puts a lot of pressure on our distribution system, our pumps, treatment plants and piping that’s under the streets. It creates a real surge of water, and that can be challenging for the system.”

Hartman said the system experiences a higher level of water use on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. He said max hour is 5 a.m. on Mondays.

“What that translates to is as if people were using in the neighborhood of 700 million gallons a day total in our service …