Water use down in Salt Lake City

The Salt Lake International Airport has saved millions of gallons of water by switching out thirsty lawns for water-wise landscaping.

Since urging conservation, water use is down considerably in Salt Lake City. It's a simple equation, really. By switching to water-wise landscapes, the water savings can be impressive -- especially for a large institutional user like the airport. 

At the airport these days, many medians and much of the landscaping is covered in a variety of grasses, flowers, bushes, shrubs, mulch and gravel. 

Not that long ago, those same medians were covered with strips of Kentucky bluegrass. 

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