Use Only What You Need Photo Gallery

In 2006, Denver Water started asking its customers to use only what you need. Since then, several billboards sprouted up over town, advertisements rolled through the streets on bus tails, sandwich board wearing conservation ambassadors walked among the populace, and towering, barrel-shaped sculptures educated.

Take a gander at our best efforts over the years to get a community involved in a critical movement.

At a bus shelter, water is represented by flowing out of a faucet with the title: "You can't make this stuff. Please use only what you need." This bus shelter display features Legos, which represent a rain cloud and rain drops, with the title: "You can't make this stuff. Please use only what you need." A bus shelter features colored pencils made to represent waves of water. The display reads, "You can't make this stuff. So please use only what you need." Billboard features man lying on his lawn watering the grass with a garden hose, presumably outside of authorized watering times. Billboard reads "Don't be that guy. Don't water 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bus shelter features man and woman holding garden hoses with umbrellas in hand. Display reads "Don't be that guy. Don't water when it rains. Official dishwasher Dry bus tail Tall grass saves water spray nozzle Bus benches Hydrants waste is out Recycled billboard Grass is dumb billboard Grass is dumb talk bubbles knotted hose billboard broken sprinkler billboard yin yang billboard Sandwich board conveyor belts CNSRV billboard GV A DM billboard Use Only What You Need park bench Use Only What You Need taxi use only what you need billboard use only what you need yard sign