The Tucson City Council is considering incentives for people to remove ornamental turf and use water-sense fixtures at their homes.
TUCSON, Ariz. — When Lisa Shipek gets a drink of water at the Watershed Management Group’s living lab, she’s drinking filtered rainwater.
“I think incentives really go a long way to helping motivate people and will be a big help,” Shipek said. Bob Cook is also a rainwater harvester who uses rainwater from his cistern when he can. His front yard and backyard also have plants that are drought tolerant.Councilman of Ward 3 Kevin Dahl said the City Council is also considering an incentive for residents to install low-water native plants in their yard like the kind Cook has.
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