After an unseasonably warm winter, the Denver Board of Water Commissioners has announced mandatory watering restrictions ranging from watering gardens to service in restaurants. As Denver looks to reduce water use by 20% in the next year, the city is asking restaurants to “serve water only upon request.”
The new regulations are something restaurant owner Juan Pedro says he understands but wishes he had more notice about ahead of time.
“When the when the city and the state are putting restrictions like that on you, they’re doing it for a reason,” Pedro said, “This isn’t a huge change in behavior for us, it’s just a problem that we’re going to need to solve and we’re in the problem solving business.”…