Arizona needs to cut 21 percent of its water from the Colorado River. Some Tucsonans are harvesting and conserving water in order to help the state's water supply.
TUCSON, Ariz. — When Jacqueline Ballantyne uses the washer at her house, she uses water she harvested from rainwater.
That’s why she uses an outdoor shower, so the water from it can flow down into the plants in her garden.“When it rains and the barrel really overflows, it runs through a series of these basins and then outflows through the low point in the garden,” Ballantyne said about her water barrels that are connected to gutters and use rainwater.Ballantyne said the City of Tucson paid her to take free classes to conserve water at her house.
Marilyn Civer also tries her best to conserve water. She uses a low flow toilet, appliances that use little water, and doesn’t sweep up leaves so the ground keeps in water longer. “Some of the farms need to be reevaluated as to perhaps growing different crops that are not so water intensive,” Civer said.
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