A Landscape Irrigation Auditor class is being offered on March 22-23 in Westminster, CO. The class is taught by Brent Mecham of the Irrigation Association. An optional Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor (CLIA) exam is offered on March 24. Hurry, registration for the exam ends on 3/10!

Download the registration form to sign up today. 

Thanks to the City of Westminster, DBC Irrigation Supply and the Irrigation Association for offering the CLIA class and exam.

Colorado WaterWise will continue its successful Lunch’ n Learns launched in 2015.  Our first  by Oracle is Thursday, March 10th from 12:30-2:00.  See Events page for details.

Last year we conducted three successful Lunch’ n Learns open to membership and the general public.  These informative sessions were designed to introduce different aspects of urban conservation to industry professionals, commercial practitioners, and people just interested in conservation.  The first was from Pacific Northwest National Lab’s Kate-McMordie Stoughton on the Federal Energy Management Program, or FEMP, which includes BMPs for federal entities to implement to meet their Executive Order goals.  Many of these practices coincide with municipal conservation plans, programs and incentives, and have been implemented in many parts of Colorado.  Next we heard about CWW’s Smart Phone App for Colorado Outdoor Water Ordinances.  If you’d like to become a user of this tool, email us.  Finally, we heard from Rick Schultz from Town of Castle Rock on their innovative Municipal Landscape Program.   Each of these sessions was well-attended and provided valuable discussion on how we’re achieving conservation in different ways.  We look to partner with other water organizations to share these in-person learning opportunities; let us know if you’d like to help spread the word. 

Look for more sessions this year discussing different technologies that are progressing water conservation.  

Get an early start by ordering your giveaways for spring and summer events now! T-shirts, water bottles, Frisbees, and other ColoradoWater - Live Like You Love It  branded items were a big hit last year. Check out the discount bulk pricing offered by our Colorado-based partner, Zamar Screen Printing, on the order form below. You can add your organization's logo to most items!

Please e-mail order forms to Zamar no later than February19, 2016.

Download the ORDER FORM. Questions about products and delivery?
info@zamarinc.comor 303-536-4086

Learn about the Live Like You Love It campaign at lovecoloradowater.org.

Colorado WaterWise exists to stimulate and support water conservation in Colorado.  Over the last year, the Colorado Water Wise Board (CWW) has been working hard to develop a strategic plan to ensure that CWW will remain sustainable.  As part of that effort, we have revised our membership structure. 

Colorado WaterWise does five things;

ü  Creates conservation tools,

ü  Connects water efficiency professionals,

ü  Collaborates with partners on efficiency projects,

ü  Contributes to water efficiency policy,

ü  Communicates these initiatives to the Colorado water conservation community.

Through past support Colorado WaterWise has:

• Created award-winning materials for the Colorado Water: Live Like You Love It Toolkit (visit http://lovecoloradowater.org/);
• Created a Colorado Outdoor Water Regulation Guide Smart Phone App that puts accurate and current landscape and water rules at the fingertips of landscape professionals;
• Connected over 100 efficiency professionals through our Water Efficiency Workshops for Colorado Plumbing and  Lunch n’ Learn series;
• Collaborated with the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the Water Research Foundation, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and Cavanaugh & Associates to host five AWWA M36 Water Audit and Loss Control Workshops in September 2015;
• Provided expert testimony to the Colorado legislature regarding efficiency proposals; and
• Hosted an informative, engaging and inspiring annual Summit  in the fall.

In order to sustain this work, a new annual membership structure for utilities has been put in place.  It looks like this:

• Student Membership ($50)
• Basic Membership ($250)
• Industry Membership ($1,000)
• Small Utilities, with 10 or fewer employees, have a membership fee of $500.  Included in this membership are:
• • Quarterly Newsletter;
  • Case Study Library;
  • BP Guidebook;
  • A discount for 1 registration to the Annual Event; and
  • Access to CWW Utility Tools including the Smart Phone App and the Live Like You Love It (LLYLI) Toolkit materials.  You can learn more about LLYLI participation levels here: http://lovecoloradowater.org/participation-levels/.
• Medium Utilities, with between 11 and 50 employees, have a membership fee of $1,000.  Included in this membership are everything included for the Small Utilities as well as a discount on a second registration (2 total) to the Annual Event.

• Large Utilities, with more than 50 employees, have a membership fee of $1,500.  Included in this membership are everything included for the Small Utilities plus a discount on a total of 3 registrations for the Annual Event.

Thursday, October 29, 2015
Police Protective Association Event Center
2105 Decatur Street - Denver, Colorado 

Summit Event: 8:15 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Great Divide Movie Premiere: 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Keynote Speaker
Dr. Wallace J. Nichols
NY Times Best Selling Author of "A Blue Mind"

Register Online and learn more about the event.

Early Bird Member Rate: $150
Member Rate (after September 19): $200
Early Bird Non-Member Rate: $200
Non-Member Rate: $275
Become a Colorado WaterWise Member!

Sponsors are needed to make the event a success. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities.

Find out more here.

Just tell us how you Live Like You Love Colorado Water here:  http://lovecoloradowater.org/contest/.

Colorado WaterWise is thrilled to inform you we have officially launched LoveColoradoWater.org to bring our award-winning Colorado Water – Live Like You Love It campaign to a broader audience and provide you another compelling resource for water education.                                                                                   

The Colorado Water -- Live Like You Love It  campaign was launched last year to deliver a unified, consistent message about the value of Colorado water and the need to conserve, care for and commit to becoming more informed about this critical resource. This content filled a need for simple, fun and professionally produced educational tools.

Public opinion research shows many Coloradans don’t understand the value of our water. LoveColoradoWater.org is now a hub for information on how to conserve and care for our water. The new website compliments our LoveColoradoWater Facebook page.

Help us spread the love! LoveColoradoWater.org contains information on how you and can JOIN THE CAMPAIGN to ensure that this message continues to flow. These tools are essential in helping you communicate with customers, students, and businesses about the value of our water.                                               

By pooling funds and resources and streamlining messaging, we can collectively make a much bigger splash in educating Coloradans about the one thing no one can live without.

Please check out the new website and become part of this powerful movement to encourage Coloradans to love their water!