Lawmakers in the American state of Colorado are looking for easy and effective ways to save water. “There’s not any more water out there and what water is out there is becoming really expensive. So, let’s look at how we’re using it now,” said John Berggren. He is a water policy expert with Western Resource Advocates, a non-profit group. Berggren’s organization supports an effort by Colorado’s lawmakers to launch a statewide turf replacement program. Turf is land covered with grass. The program aims to pay home and business owners to replace their grass with other plants and landscapes for the state’s dry climate. The legislation would be a way to deal with demand for the state’s water, said Colorado state representative Marc Catlin. He spoke at a committee meeting in February. Catlin added that the replacement would be completely voluntary. Supporters say similar programs across the west have saved billions of liters of water. Property owners have been paid from a few cents to a few dollars for every square meter of turf they replace. About 19 Colorado cities, water services and water districts already have turf replacement programs. The legislation would offer the same amount of money for those programs. The bill would also help local governments launch programs of their own. People who live in areas without such a program could make a request directly to the state for money.
Title: Lawmakers in US Want to Pay People to Remove Grass
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Lawmakers in US Want to Pay People to Remove Grass' data-article-id='6052'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9083'>Lawmakers in the American state of Colorado are looking for easy and effective ways to save water.</span> <span data-start-time='9083' data-end-time='16521'>“There’s not any more water out there and what water is out there is becoming really expensive. </span> <span data-start-time='16521' data-end-time='21479'>So, let’s look at how we’re using it now,” said John Berggren. </span> <span data-start-time='21479' data-end-time='29417'>He is a water policy expert with Western Resource Advocates, a non-profit group.</span> <span data-start-time='29417' data-end-time='40479'>Berggren’s organization supports an effort by Colorado’s lawmakers to launch a statewide turf replacement program. </span> <span data-start-time='40479' data-end-time='44833'>Turf is land covered with grass. </span> <span data-start-time='44833' data-end-time='56438'>The program aims to pay home and business owners to replace their grass with other plants and landscapes for the state’s dry climate.</span> <span data-start-time='56438' data-end-time='66250'>The legislation would be a way to deal with demand for the state’s water, said Colorado state representative Marc Catlin. </span> <span data-start-time='66250' data-end-time='70542'>He spoke at a committee meeting in February. </span> <span data-start-time='70542' data-end-time='77000'>Catlin added that the replacement would be completely voluntary.</span> <span data-start-time='77000' data-end-time='85979'>Supporters say similar programs across the west have saved billions of liters of water. </span> <span data-start-time='85979' data-end-time='95354'>Property owners have been paid from a few cents to a few dollars for every square meter of turf they replace.</span> <span data-start-time='95354' data-end-time='105417'>About 19 Colorado cities, water services and water districts already have turf replacement programs. </span> <span data-start-time='105417' data-end-time='111625'>The legislation would offer the same amount of money for those programs.</span> <span data-start-time='111625' data-end-time='118042'>The bill would also help local governments launch programs of their own. </span> <span data-start-time='118042' data-end-time='125938'>People who live in areas without such a program could make a request directly to the state for 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