On Rockies Opening Day, we applaud our recycled water customers who use the right water, for the right use.

1. For the Love of Purple
The Rockies home opener has
our resident #watergnome
excited to throw on his jersey
and purple cap to support his
team — and his passion.
So he’s taking a journey along
the recycled water system,
following the purple pipe.

2. Can you guess
this location?
The U.S. Census
Bureau found that
Colorado added
101,000 new
residents in a
single year.
Sustaining a
growing city
requires flexibility
in resource usage.

3. Xcel Energy's
Cherokee
Generating Station
The station, located in north Denver,
is one of Xcel’s largest power plants
in Colorado.
It also is working to become more
environmentally friendly to meet
Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act.
One part of that effort is the use of
recycled water for cooling and plant
operations. In fact, it is Denver
Water’s largest recycled water
customer, using up to 780 million
gallons of recycled water per year.

4. Can you guess
this location?
Denver residents
have a reputation
for their love of the
outdoors.

5. Stapleton’s
Central Park
This park boasts 80 acres of
outdoor recreation in the
heart of a thriving
neighborhood.
It is Denver’s third largest
park, and it saves 25 million
gallons of drinking water a
year by irrigating with
treated recycled water.

6. Can you guess
this location?
Speaking of landscaping, this
location maintains 10 acres of
irrigated landscapes, but that’s
not why visitors flock there.

7. Denver
Zoo
We’re certain the Denver Zoo
loves the Colorado Rockies just
as much as they adore their
cubs, tigers and lions.
They also embrace sustainability.
Recycled water — which is
treated to 1980s drinking water
standards — provides 35 percent
of the zoo’s irrigation water for
landscaping throughout the
property.

8. Can you guess
this location?
When you live in
Colorado, wildlife can
be found right in your
backyard.

9. Rocky Mountain
Arsenal National
Wildlife Refuge
What was once a
chemical weapons
manufacturing facility is
now a cleaned-up refuge
for more than 330
species of wildlife,
including birds, bison,
coyote and deer.
It also uses recycled
water to irrigate prairies
and for emergency fire
suppression.

10. Can you guess
this location?
This places mixes
the past, present
and future, and
boasts one of the
most popular
photography
hotspots in the city.

11. Museum of Nature
and Science
While recycled water is
most commonly used for
irrigation, the museum uses
it in other ways.
Recycled water is used in
place of drinking water to
run the museum’s heating
and cooling plant, which
regulates the temperature
within the museum.

12. Since the Recycled Water
system came online in
2004, we have saved over
23 billion gallons of
drinking water.
So while we welcome
spring and cheer on the
Rox today, we also pause
to thank our recycled
water customers who are
using the right water for
the right use.
Three cheers for purple!