With growing concerns about water conservation in Utah, many homeowners are opting for water-wise landscapes, reducing their reliance on lawns and saving money on water bills. Janet Selck and her husband, who converted their Taylorsville home's landscaping in 2016, share their experience and the benefits of embracing a more sustainable approach to their yards. Cynthia Bee from Utah Water Ways highlights the significant impact of landscaping on water usage and emphasizes the ease of implementing water-wise solutions.
Not all Utah properties need to lose their green to actually go green, that's the lesson many are sharing as the concerns over water conservation continue to grow around the state.Janet Selck and her husband have lived in their Taylorsville home since 1985. She shared what their yard used to look like before a big change.“We had lots of grass, a curb strip that goes on forever and you never could keep it green,” she said.
”At Utah Water Ways, Cynthia Bee helps people come up with sustainable solutions to similar problems every day and shared a look into a new Envision study regarding water conservation.“When you ask people what they’re doing to conserve water, they say taking a shorter shower, but a pretty high percentage of people don’t realize that about 60% of the average homeowner's water use is the outside landscaping,” Bee said.
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