Aurora City Council will vote Monday night on water restrictions for more than 400,000 residents as drought and low snowpack strain Denver metro water supplies.
City council members will vote on declaring a stage one water shortage, which would impose outdoor watering limits beginning April 6. If approved, residents would be allowed to water outdoors twice a week instead of three.
Aurora Water said a stage one shortage reflects abnormally dry conditions, low reservoirs and insufficient expected snowmelt to replenish supplies. The proposed restrictions are intended to cut the city’s water use by about 20%…