2020-05-12 Saving water outdoors
Description
The average quad-city area resident uses over 100 gallons of water per day. About one-third of this water is used for landscaping, where it evaporates and cannot be reused. This water can be saved by planting drought-tolerant plants and by irrigating with rainwater harvested in barrels or larger tanks. Drought-tolerant and native plants are beautiful and they are the plants that belong here.
To learn more, view a pdf of CWAG's monthly column in the Daily Courier, published May 12, 2020.