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<br />r <br /> <br />participating cities and matching funds from the CWCB. The audits are conducted for a <br />nine week period in June, July and August. Many months of work go into preparation of <br />the program and a significant amount of time is spent after the audit season is concluded <br />analyzing and reporting on data. <br /> <br />Slow tbe Flow Colorado 2004 <br />In 2004 the Slow the Flow Colorado program reached 479 homes in 5 Front Range <br />communities: Erie, Boulder, Longmont, Louisville and Lafayette. Final results showed <br />that over 94% of the systems audited did not meet basic industry standards for efficiency. <br />Furthermore, the audits demonstrated that the corrective action in most cases was easy <br />and inexpensive for the system owner. <br /> <br />Overall Results 2004 <br />. Total # ofaudits= 479 audits (444 residential, 30 parks, 5 commercial) <br />. Total # of zones audited=720+ (multiple zones were audited and averaged for <br />large water audits.) <br />. At the end of the auditing season in 2004 there was a waitlist of 400 homes. <br /> <br />The cost of running the Slow the Flow Colorado program in 2004 was $100 per audit. <br />The cost of each audit was split between the municipalities involved in the program and a <br />grant that the CRC received from the CWCB to run the program. <br /> <br />The 2004 program had a full-time staff of7 people. <br /> <br />c- <br /> <br />Slow tbe Flow Colorado 2005 <br /> <br />In the summer of 2005 the CRC continued the successful Slow the Flow Colorado <br />program. <br /> <br />The following municipalities signed on as project partners: <br /> <br />. Boulder <br />. Longmont <br />. Thornton <br />. Erie <br />. Lafayette <br />. Westminster <br />. Golden <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />These cities "purchased" a sum total of 1,200 landscape irrigation audits from the CRC to <br />be performed within their jurisdiction. That represented a 250% increase in participation <br />from 2004. In keeping with 2004's funding model, the cities were responsible for 55% of <br />the funding, with the CWCB contributing the rest of the funds necessary to run the <br />program. The cost of running the Slow the Flow program in 2005 waS $105 per audit (the <br />increase due to an increase in mileage costs). Municipalities find this arrangement very <br />economical as they work to fund and implement their water conservation plans. <br /> <br />3 <br />