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By Kevin Stahr
July 12th, 2011 at 3:18 p.m.

With summer in full swing, Aurora residents should take time to familiarize themselves with the City’s water conservation regulations regarding watering lawns, automatic irrigation systems, swimming pools and car washing.

The City of Aurora permits residents to water their lawns between 5 to 9 a.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. Residents with an odd last digit in their street address are allowed to water lawns on odd calendar days; and the same rule applies Read More >

GCI’s Bruce Williams outlines the water challenges superintendents face, and examines how the industry is part of the solution, not the problem.

Bruce R. Williams July 11, 2011

Growing up in the Midwest, I never gave much thought to water usage and conservation. It rained often and there were plenty of rivers, lakes and wells to provide water at an affordable price.

In the 1970s the cost of water at my golf course was never more than $12,000 per year. Since that time, Read More >

By: The Associated Press | 07/10/11 7:22 PM

With hot, dry weather continuing, Oklahoma’s third-largest city is considering imposing mandatory water conservation measures

Norman Utilities Director Ken Komiske tells the Norman Transcript daily water usage in the city of about 111,000 people eclipsed 20 million gallons every day in July and numerous times in June, “once it started getting really hot.”

He says once the city’s use levels reach a certain point, it must buy water from Oklahoma City at a higher rate. If Norman Read More >