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<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 money.</span> </p></div><div 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earth held together by its roots'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/grass_and_the_surface_layer_of_earth_held_together_by_its_roots.wav'><span>grass and the surface layer of earth held together by its roots</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/a_bend_or_curve_in_a_road.wav'><span>a bend or curve in a road</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/a_type_of_foam_rubber.wav'><span>a type of foam rubber</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/a_level_quayside_area_to_which_a_ship_may_be_moored_to_load_and_unload.wav'><span>a level quayside area to which a ship may be moored to load and unload</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=18459 data-hint-location='95354' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/catlin_added_that_the_replacement_would_be_completely__blank_.wav'>Catlin added that the replacement would be completely <span class='blank'>voluntary</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='voluntary'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/voluntary.wav'><span>voluntary</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/fictitious.wav'><span>fictitious</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/volume.wav'><span>volume</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5462/veterinary.wav'><span>veterinary</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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