CONSERVING WATER IS GOOD FOR NEW MEXICO. BUT ALBUQUERQUE AND BERNALILLO COUNTY CONSUMERS ARE FEELING THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF CONSERVATION AS WATER RATES CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO LOWER CONSUMPTION. KATHERINE YUHAS WITH THE ALBUQUERQUE-BERNALILLO-COUNTY WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY TELLS US THE CITY'S WATER BY THE NUMBERS PROGRAM HAS HELPED. SHE SAYS CONSERVING ON THE WATER WE USE OUTSIDE IS LOST ONCE WE USE IT. YUHAS SAYS THE GET BACK THE WATER WE FLUSH DOWN THE TOILET. THEY THEN CLEAN UP IT AND SANITIZE AND USE IT IN OTHER WAYS.
IT'S HOPED CONSERVATION EFFORTS WILL KEEP NEW MEXICO FROM BEING IMPACTED LIKE SOME CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES WHERE THE DROUGHT HAS DRIED UP WATER WELLS.
