Denver Drought Increasing Your Water Bill?
Colorado summers are tough on landscapes. Between the heat, dry air, and Denver’s watering restrictions, it’s common for homeowners to see brown lawns, stressed trees, and rising water bills. The good news? Keeping your landscape healthy isn’t always about using more water. It’s about helping your trees and lawn use the water they already receive more efficiently. At Autumn Tree Lawn and Landscape, we help homeowners protect their landscapes with two simple services: Supplemental Tree Watering and Revive Lawn Treatments.
Understanding Denver Watering Restrictions
Denver Water encourages conservation through watering schedules and tiered water rates. As your water use increases, the cost per gallon increases too. Many homeowners respond by watering longer or more often, only to see higher utility bills while their lawn and trees continue to struggle. During drought, dry Colorado soil often becomes so hard that water runs off the surface before it ever reaches the roots.
What Drought Does to Your Trees
Trees don’t always show drought stress right away. In fact, symptoms often appear after the tree has been under stress for weeks or even months.
One important fact many people don’t realize: Large established trees still require supplemental water during prolonged drought. Even mature trees cannot survive indefinitely on rainfall alone.
Supplemental Tree Watering
Our Supplemental Watering service gives trees a slow, deep soak right where they need it at the root zone. We also apply a soil conditioner that helps water soak into the ground instead of running off the surface. This improves moisture retention and helps future watering penetrate deeper into the soil. For most established trees during drought conditions, we recommend supplemental watering about once every four weeks to maintain healthy root systems.
How Drought Affects Lawns
Lawns usually show stress much faster than trees.
If your lawn still looks stressed after watering, the problem may not be how much water you’re applying. It may be that the soil isn’t absorbing it. Revive is an organic-based soil conditioner designed specifically for Colorado lawns.
It helps:
- Improve water absorption
- Reduce runoff
- Loosen compacted soil
- Hold moisture longer
- Encourage deeper root growth
- Restore a healthier green appearance
Instead of requiring more irrigation, Revive helps your lawn get more benefit from every watering cycle. During hot, dry weather, we typically recommend applications every 2–4 weeks, depending on drought conditions and your lawn’s needs.
Is It Cheaper Than Watering More?
In many cases, yes. Increasing your irrigation often means moving into higher water-rate tiers while still losing a significant amount of water to evaporation or runoff. Our Supplemental Watering and Revive services focus on making your existing water work harder rather than simply using more of it. That means healthier trees, greener lawns, and often lower overall costs than paying for additional irrigation all season long.
We Make It Easy
Whether you need a one time treatment or ongoing service throughout the summer, we’ll recommend a schedule that fits your landscape and handle the rest. You don’t have to fight the drought alone or pay more just to water more.
Contact Autumn Tree Lawn and Landscape today to schedule Supplemental Tree Watering or a Revive Lawn Treatment and keep your landscape healthy all summer long.