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Civic Center Park gets a shower, Oct. 16, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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There are rules to watering your Denver lawn this summer, and they begin May 1

A bad drought nearly 20 years ago led Denver Water to institutionalize the spring and summer watering restrictions.

Devin S. waves a large, upside down American flag, during nine minutes of silence on the sixth day of protests in reaction to the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. June 2, 2020. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Huge crowd marches through Denver as protests prompt legislative action