![]() ![]() And, according to a statewide drought map, neither Colorado nor the city of Aurora are in a state of drought. Any properties that had watering variance allowances for irrigation also had to reduce their use to avoid extra costs.īut with the amount of rain the area has been receiving, residents have questioned why Aurora is still under any type of restrictions. Residents’ bills should have remained similar to last summer’s as long as they stuck to the two-days-per-week rule. The goal was to reduce the city’s outdoor water use by 20%. The restrictions limited residents, multifamily units and commercial properties to watering their lawns twice a week, rather than three, starting May 1, or they would have to pay higher bills. “While we are not at our needed 75% of storage quite yet, both the weather and runoff projections are looking positive for the next couple of weeks and odds of needing to continue drought restrictions into July are minimal,” Aurora Water General Manager Marshall Brown said.Īs of June 6, Aurora’s reservoirs were filled to 68% capacity, and the City Council will consider a resolution June 28 to remove the city’s “Stage 1 Drought” restrictions on outdoor water use. ![]() Water officials cautioned though that the situation is constantly evolving, citing the way Aurora’s reservoirs are replenished outside of city limits. ![]() Her son told the AP that she will be buried at a public cemetery.Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menuįollowing weeks of heavy rainfall, Aurora city leaders expect to roll back drought restrictions that called for a surcharge on residents’ and business owners’ water bills if they watered their lawns more than twice per week. The remains of Montoya, who was a retired nurse, are back at the same funeral home where she woke up. It added that Montoya had remained under “permanent surveillance,” but didn’t provide further information on the medical investigation surrounding the case.īarbera Montoya said that he hadn’t yet received any report from the authorities on the medical explanation of what happened and warned that things “are not going to stay like this.” He added that a sister of the deceased woman had formally complained about the incident, seeking to identify the doctor who declared her dead to begin with.īella Montoya reportedly woke up and started knocking on June 9 after spending five hours inside her coffin at a funeral home in Babahoyo, about 208 kilometers (about 129 miles) southwest of Quito. Gilberto Barbera Montoya, the woman’s son, told The Associated Press that doctors at the state hospital where she was rushed after the incident said that she died on Friday evening.Įcuador’s health ministry confirmed in a statement that Bella Montoya died from an ischemic stroke after spending a week in intensive care. QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - A 76-year-old woman who had been declared dead and surprised her relatives by knocking on her coffin during her wake earlier this month has died after seven days in intensive care, her family said Saturday. ![]()
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