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Ideas for Conserving Water Outdoors <br />▪ DKNwuS.tJr mtcrieix,xtexamd shrubAka rczi : vc wsitc V y xa Iva,* year ca,:% ::se -a <br />hesenezAc t�✓t'u off thc water tot., 149 s l,i c each washing. <br />• Use a broom rather than a hose to clean your driveway or sidewalk between rain showers. <br />Just sweep the dirt and spread over your lawn or toss in the trash. Doing this will not only <br />conserve water but will also keep the dirt from entering storm sewers and catch basins. <br />• A sprinkler timer can be set to shut off your sprinkler after a set amount of time. <br />▪ TiAzIVS fi� M arc il � w lg for you. If y ��\N:vtiN of rain per <br />wech y csK slip year .cxt watering. <br />I'Lltdaing Iv&Gtes watc:cUx- ep illzL.r : thr Ghut off dcviar y r <br />automatic sprinklers to k:x nnecesmri w&tc g <br />+ A r/:oz..kx: i.exrc <br />apw c7isp�clx-X fX'irneecr seeps into thc ground around t1r <br />acrtl.N: p;c'rci Marc_`- <br />• Put the water from your downspout to good use by catching it in a mosquito -proof rain <br />barrel. Plants love rainwater because it doesn't contain chlorine and is warmer than tap <br />water. <br />+ Leal glmins arc dcsigneli t:rxpZaa.-.,x downspout, and ckszix thr -naer tc SI. specific <br />such as a ba,: s b& pZ a :g �, lxl- stianml t1: ✓n 11"ge- <br />.21t-twx splashing and erosion. <br />X111511;NV,110sc wa in. csm c_`tcn 1i svIzaking s den <br />The City of Ramsey has developed a water conservation tool box that contains information and <br />ideas that can be implemented on residential or commercial properties. The tool box can be <br />found at www.citvoframsev.com/environment-water-conservation. <br />