Efficient Water Use
Be a Good Steward of Water Resources
As growth in Northern Colorado continues, it’s imperative that we use the region’s water resources wisely. Our Water Efficiency Program provides water efficiency services to allottees in order to maximize the value and use of the water we deliver, while doing so in a cost-effective, collaborative and demonstrative manner.
Northern Water views water efficiency as an integral part of its management strategy with long-range planning that encourages people to be good stewards of water resources. The supplemental water that we provide through the Colorado-Big Thompson and Windy Gap projects is diverted from the Colorado River. With known pressures on this river system, it is critically important that we make the best use of this resource and support regional water resilience by promoting water efficient and drought tolerant landscapes.
Built on input from and designed in response to input from our allottees and stakeholders, our Water Efficiency Program is designed to provide information
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and education to the public, green industry professionals, municipalities and Northern Water allottees. We focus on providing support to the commercial water industry by supporting large-scale landscapes, including homeowners associations, parks, cities, businesses and more. However, we also support residential customers in their landscape and irrigation needs. We want to ensure we do more with less water and can secure this resource for existing and future generations.
Water Efficiency Program Areas
Northern Water Wins EPA WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award
Northern Water was honored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency with a WaterSense Sustained Excellence Award for its work promoting WaterSense and water efficiency in 2023. Northern Water was one of 19 Sustained Excellence Award winners. This is the fifth year that Northern Water has been a recipient of a WaterSense award. In the past year, Northern Water developed six residential water efficient landscape plans to assist homeowners in rebuilding following the December 2021 Marshall Fire, hosted three Irrigation Association classes, collaborated with WaterSense to provide recommendations and awarded more than $300,000 in grants to 19 projects through the Water Efficiency Landscape Program.
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Water Use Efficiency Planning
The Water Conservation Act of 2004 requires that retail water providers that sell more than 2,000 acre-feet of water annually have a state approved water use efficiency plan. The links below provide helpful information for those writing or revising a plan.
Search and browse approved water use efficiency plans.
Step-by-step guide to water efficiency planning and writing your own water use efficiency plan.
Examples of effective conservation measures and programs to inspire and enhance municipal water efficiency plans.