ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY WATER CUSTOMERS DID A GOOD JOB OF CONSERVING WATER THIS YEAR. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY SAYS WE STARTED OUT BY USING A LOT LESS WATER THAN LAST YEAR, THANKS TO ALL THE RAINFALL IN MAY AND EARLY JUNE. YUHAS SAYS RESIDENTS USED 1-POINT-6 BILLION FEWER GALLONS THIS YEAR … PARTLY FROM NOT USING MUCH WATER WHEN IT RAINED IN MAY AND EARLY JUNE. BUT PART OF THAT SAVINGS WAS USED IN THE DRIER MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER.
YUHAS TELLS US THAT … NOW THAT IT’S NOVEMBER … WE NEED TO SCALE BACK WATERING TO ONCE A WEEK. SHE SAYS THAT PREPARES PLANTS FOR GOING DORMANT AND FOR THE COMING FREEZE PREDICTED FOR MID NOVEMBER.
