💧H2O INTRO 🤝 Meet Lance Ackerman of Colorado Springs Utilities
What does it take to protect the Colorado River and keep cities green?
Lance Ackerman is a horticulturist by training and a conservationist at heart. At Colorado Springs Utilities—where 70% of the water supply comes from the Colorado River—he’s leading efforts to reduce nonfunctional turf and improve landscape efficiency through smarter irrigation.
Recognizing that over 40% of the local landscaping workforce is Spanish-speaking, Lance is creating multilingual, subsidized training programs so crews can access education when and how they need it—even after 12-hour workdays. It’s a win for workers, water, and the entire Colorado Springs community.
“This issue is really important to us,” says Lance. “We want to make sure we’re good stewards of that water.”
Lance was a participant in the Transformative Water Leadership Academy of the American Water Works Association and WaterNow Alliance.
This was a conversation at the Reservoir Center for Water Solutions in Washington, D.C.
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