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~ersoti per day; according..: <br />he DNR. Pnt another way, thy„", <br />entire city of Woodbury uses 4~'° <br />iiillion to S million'gallons on <br />~ typical winter`day;:last`sum- <br />ner, peak use hit 23 million gal- <br />ons'onone day. <br />:(Officials say lawns need <br />nore.than one-half to 1 inch <br />!eater per week to stay; gr <br />;they recommend a pla <br />Slaced in the path.. of the sp, , <br />:ter to measure depth) and <br />people are often overdoing it. ' <br />More and:more: homeown='~ <br />ors are. putting in':automatic <br />rrigation systems:andsetting.. <br />hem to.water every other, day, <br />;aid ~ Klayton Eckles; Wood-' <br />fury's .deputy public works <br />lirector. "You don't need to <br />eater every .other. day... Grass: <br />loesn't need that much irriga- <br />ion." He rernmmends:operat- <br />ng the systenns manually. <br />The `irrigation. business is <br />;ood and steadily ..growing,, <br />aid Chris Swanson, owner of <br />~dvanceii Irrigation Inc. in .AJ- <br />~erEville. Many of his custom- <br />~rs; are older-people tired of <br />-auling hoses around, he. said: ' <br />All the modern contrtillers <br />lave built-in calendars that ac- <br />:ommoSiate the odd-and-even <br />btering bans: ' <br />Vatering's'a part-time job!' <br />;:; Ed~~ Prairie resident Brian <br />:owesend installed an aut~J- <br />dat~i~ •sp~i~i~cting :system. after.' <br />vetting a X25 ticket last ssm- <br />ner. <br />"If yr~u don't feel like watex- <br />ng at night after a long"day ai <br />he office, well you better get. <br />i~~ early enough on the week- <br />~nd to get the =lawn watered <br />~y noon," `Townsend said. "If <br />'watered-during the week, I <br />tir , moving sprinklers from 6 <br />01030: at night- no jokel It <br />Nas a part-time job!" <br />Now, Townsend said,'"I can . <br />relax and enjoy the summer.° <br />Stovring got more than 200 <br />galls last week from Eden Prai- <br />rie residents who were unhap- <br />py about tickets. But officials <br />say; many homeowners take <br />he-restrictions. in .stride, ap=, <br />Maud the."conservation efforts! <br />ind even'turn in their neigh- <br />Fors for violating them. <br />' Across l3wy.169 from-Eden <br />Prairie,- water is not an issue <br />n Bloomington. With .both a <br />;yell-supply;and a20=year con- <br />:ract to buy'river water. treat- <br />;d :by the city of Minneapolis, <br />3loomington has more than it <br />leads and imposes no watering <br />;estri~tions. "We.are the. only <br />iual-supply `: system ` in the <br />Mate," aid utilities superin- <br />:endent Bob Cocla~iel. <br />`'' Evenao, Bloomington regu- <br />arly asks residents to use wa- <br />ver wisely, Cockriel said. "Just <br />Because you can use it, you <br />shouldn't: ' <br />