Did you know that in Utah nearly 70% of our water is used outdoors—and that almost half of that is used to overwater lawns? By simply designing and managing our yards in a way more suited to our climate, we could save billions of gallons a year!

Your parking strip is a great place to begin saving water outdoors. It’s hard to water, and even harder to water efficiently. Most homeowners just let the water flow in the hope that their never-touched grass will stay green—flooding the sidewalk and street in the process.

By converting your pesky park strip into a beautiful, drought tolerant area, you not only save precious gallons of water, but you familiarize yourself with low water-use landscaping.

So What is the Rip Your Strip Project?

Rip Your Strip is a project of the Utah Rivers Council that helps give you the knowledge, tools, instructions, and confidence to replace your high water-use parking strip with one that uses very little water-thus conserving and keeping more water in Utah's amazing rivers.

The project is simple-you just take the pledge to update your old-fashioned, thirsty parking strip into a beautiful low water use one, and we'll send you a packet with step-by-step instructions, examples, discount coupons, and all the resources you'll need to ensure that your project is a success. Use the box to the right to take the pledge to Rip Your Strip today!

But Does Your Yard Really Make a Difference?

Suppose you replace your traditional yard (6000 square-feet average) with a mix of drought-tolerant turf and water-wise plants.

YOU SAVE:

• 48,000 gallons of water each year
• 2.4 million gallons over a lifetime
• About $75 in water bills per year*
• $8,400+ over a lifetime**

Suppose you replace your traditional yard with moderately drought tolerant plants.

YOU SAVE:

• 90,000 gallons of water each year
• 4.5 million gallons over a lifetime
• About $135 in water bills per year
• $15,800+ over a lifetime

Suppose you replace your traditional yard with highly drought tolerant plants.

YOU SAVE:

• 108,000 gallons of water each year
• 5.4 million gallons over a lifetime
• About $160 in water bills per year
• $19,000+ over a lifetime

YES! Your yard does make a difference!

Ready to get started? Take the "Rip Your Strip" pledge by registering, you'll then have access to all the Rip Your Strip downloads.