Why Rip Your Strip? | Why Rip Your Strip? |
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Did you know that Utah has the highest per capita water use in the country? Most of our residential water is used to overwater lawns. By simply designing and managing our yards in a way more suited to our climate, we could save billions of gallons a year.
Your parking strip is a great place to begin saving water outdoors. It’s hard to water, and even harder to water efficiently. Most homeowners just let the water flow in the hope that their never-touched grass will stay green—flooding the sidewalk and street in the process. By converting your pesky park strip into a beautiful, drought tolerant area, you not only save precious gallons of water, but you familiarize yourself with low water-use landscaping. So What is the Rip Your Strip Project?Rip Your Strip is a project of the Utah Rivers Council that helps give you the knowledge, tools, instructions, and confidence to replace your high water-use parking strip with one that uses very little water-thus conserving and keeping more water in Utah's amazing rivers. The project is simple-you just take the pledge to update your old-fashioned, thirsty parking strip into a beautiful low water use one, and we'll send you a packet with step-by-step instructions, examples, discount coupons, and all the resources you'll need to ensure that your project is a success. Use the box to the right to take the pledge to Rip Your Strip today! But Does Your Yard Really Make a Difference?Suppose you replace your traditional yard (6000 square-feet average) with a mix of drought-tolerant turf and water-wise plants. YOU SAVE:
Suppose you replace your traditional yard with moderately drought tolerant plants. YOU SAVE:
Suppose you replace your traditional yard with highly drought tolerant plants. YOU SAVE:
YES! Your yard does make a difference!Ready to get started? Take the "Rip Your Strip" pledge by registering, you'll then have access to all the Rip Your Strip downloads. |
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