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- Staff shortages affect Moab Landfill, Recycling Center

- Wilderness advocate won't face charges in corral closure

- Tamarisk battles continue to rage across West

- Staff shortages affect Moab Landfill, Recycling Center

- Wilderness advocate won't face charges in corral closure

- Tamarisk battles continue to rage across West

Between growing populations and changing climate conditions, our water sources are getting crunched. Communities in some very dry states have had to get creative about where to get their water -- sometimes purifying sewage into drinking water. Now, more western cities are headed in that direction, too. Thanks to the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability for bringing us this coverage.

Between growing populations and changing climate conditions, our water sources are getting crunched. Communities in some very dry states have had to get creative about where to get their water -- sometimes purifying sewage into drinking water. Now, more western cities are headed in that direction, too. Thanks to the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability for bringing us this coverage.

This week, we're taking a closer look at water use in western cities. Today - Tucson, Arizona. It used to be a city of lawns, kept green even in blazing summer months by frequent watering. Over the decades though, that has changed. Now people in Tucson prefer landscaping that is more in tune with the city's desert setting. This story is part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.

This week, we're taking a closer look at water use in western cities. Today - Tucson, Arizona. It used to be a city of lawns, kept green even in blazing summer months by frequent watering. Over the decades though, that has changed. Now people in Tucson prefer landscaping that is more in tune with the city's desert setting. This story is part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.

Since the 1990s, there's been a strange phenomenon happening in cities throughout the West. Their populations are booming, but their overall water use is staying the same, or in some cases it's going down. As part of our series on urban water conservation, KUNC reports that a lot of credit for the savings should go to... the toilet. This story is part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.

Since the 1990s, there's been a strange phenomenon happening in cities throughout the West. Their populations are booming, but their overall water use is staying the same, or in some cases it's going down. As part of our series on urban water conservation, KUNC reports that a lot of credit for the savings should go to... the toilet. This story is part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.

Lawns and landscaping are polarizing symbols when we talk about water use in the desert. Some communities are paying homeowners to rip out their grass. Others are trying to save water at the large, grassy fields that homeowners associations adore. This story is part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.

Lawns and landscaping are polarizing symbols when we talk about water use in the desert. Some communities are paying homeowners to rip out their grass. Others are trying to save water at the large, grassy fields that homeowners associations adore. This story is part of a collaborative series from the Colorado River Reporting Project at KUNC, the Mountain West News Bureau, and Elemental: Covering Sustainability.