Late spring snow and healthy snowpack in Northern Colorado is moving theto lift its watering restrictions.

Starting Saturday, city residents will no longer be required to water their lawns on two assigned days per week. But Water Resources Manager Donnie Dustin is still encouraging conservation.

鈥淲e would advocate that people would only water two days a week like what the restrictions were. It鈥檚 just not mandatory鈥攖hey can pick their two days,鈥�

Snowpack in the South Platte River Basin had been about 75 percent of average on April 15. Over the last month that number has changed to 120 percent of average.

Meantime,says it鈥檚 continuing to monitor its water storage levels closely. But it won鈥檛 consider lessening its drought restrictions until late June or July鈥攗ntil after spring runoff is complete.