Consultations and Assessments

Optimize Your Landscape Design and Water Use

Landscape design and management often determine the importance of designing the perfect landscape alongside efficient water use. To help users save successfully, we offer landscape consultations and irrigation assessments through our qualified staff and partnership agencies free of charge.  

Northern Water Provided Landscape Consultations

Required for Application to Water-Efficient Landscape Grant Program

Designed for commercial customers, landscape consultations provide expert guidance on improving water efficiency and overall landscape performance. Topics may include water use, irrigation systems, landscape design and management, and long-term planning considerations tailored to your site. 

A consultation is required for applicants to the Water-Efficiency Landscape Grant and must be completed prior to submitting an application. Sessions typically last 60 to 90 minutes and are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. In some cases, an irrigation assessment may be needed beforehand to ensure a thorough evaluation. Consultations are available to municipalities, schools, businesses, homeowners’ associations, and other entities within Northern Water and the Municipal Subdistrict boundaries.

Consultation site visits are fully booked for the 2026 season. Please fill out the intake form to get on the list for 2027. Thank you!

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Service Type
AudienceRequired for Grant Application?Pre-requisite?Outdoor/IndoorNorthern Water or Partner ProvidedTopic Addressed
ConsultationCommercial YesIrrigation auditOutdoorNorthern WaterWater usage, landscape management and design, irrigation system performance, plant selection, turf maintenance, soil management
AssessmentCommercial, MunicipalNo
OutdoorPartnerIrrigation system inspection, identify water waste, offer direction for optimal water use
Water Loss AuditsColorado water providersNo

PartnerIn partnership with Colorado Water Loss Initiative and Manual 36 Water Audit and Loss Control Programs. Provides training and technical assistance to Colorado water providers. 

Partner Provided Outdoor Assessments

Commercial and HOA Properties

Irrigation Assessments are a foundational step to identify water waste and offer direction for optimal outdoor water use. Thanks to a regional partnership with Resource Central, more homeowners' associations and commercial properties within Northern Water’s boundaries have access to the Slow the Flow landscape irrigation evaluation. The assessments are offered by water providers in Northern Colorado as a free tool to customers. Check to see if your water provider is on the list. 

Commercial and Municipal Properties

In partnership with Verdantas, complex commercial and municipal properties have access to advanced irrigation assessments. These assessments will assess each landscape and evaluate the irrigation system to identify water saving opportunities and determine solutions to cost-effectively improve or maintain landscape quality.  

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Resource Central's Catch the Cup Test as part of their irrigation audits.
 

Water Loss Audits: Training for Water Providers

Northern Water partners with Colorado Water Loss Initiative and Manual 36 Water Auditing and Loss Control Programs to provide water loss audits. Colorado Water Loss Initiative is a program of the Colorado Water Conservation Board that aims to reduce supply-side water loss by providing training and technical assistance to water providers in Colorado.

Manual 36 Water Auditing and Loss Control Programs are an initiative of the American Water Works Association’s, which allow providers to identify the volume of water losses (non-revenue water) in their distribution infrastructure, determine the economic value of these volumes, and then select appropriate mitigation measures to control those losses. 

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