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Fresno considers lawn buybacks to save water

Monday, September 29, 2008
(09-29) 10:37 PDT Fresno, CA (AP) --

The city of Fresno is considering lawn buybacks as it studies ways to  
conserve water with the growing population.

The city council's Urban Water Management Plan, which outlines water- 
saving goals and ways to reach them, includes a proposal to pay  
homeowners to remove lawns and ban water-consuming landscaping in new  
construction.

Fresno, with a population approaching 450,000, charges residents a  
flat rate for water no matter how much they use, a practice that will  
end by 2013. Fresno residents use an average of 60 gallons of water a  
day more than their neighbors in Clovis, where homes are metered.

Fresno officials say residents use 75 million gallons a day in the  
winter and more than 250 million in the summer, much of it to water  
lawns.
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