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Denver Water Issues $175K In Water Restriction Violations During First Part Of October

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Status

Reported, not yet confirmed

Independent sources

3

First seen

Oct 17, 9:02 PM MDT

updated Oct 21, 7:55 PM MDT

Topic

Local News

Reported by KUSA (9NEWS NBC), KDEN-TV and KDVR (FOX31), not yet confirmed.

What Happened

Denver Water stated that its restrictions are working with more than 1 billion gallons saved, KDVR (FOX31) reported. The utility also issued $175K in water restriction violations during the first part of October, including over $175,000 in fines to customers for noncompliance with watering limits, according to KUSA (9NEWS NBC) and KDEN-TV.

Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 2, Oct 21, 8:43 PM MDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.

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How It Unfolded

Oct 17, 9:44 PM MDT · first source seen

Official Confirmation

No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.

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How We Decided

Oct 17, 9:57 PM MDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 19, 1:25 PM MDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.