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• Board Meeting Date: 11/14/2006
• Description: OWCDP Section - Proposed Revisions to Guidelines for the Water Efficiency Grant Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

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Adopted by the Board July 18,2005
Revised by the Board January 24, 2006

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Table 1
Water Efficiency Grant Program
Application Evaluation Criteria for Covered Entities

Criteria Description Wei2htin2 Factor
Technical Merit Total 70
Existing Per Capita Water Use Applicant will report the per capita daily water use annualized for 10
each of the last five water years based on total water demand and/or
retail sales divided by population served, or similar.
Rate of Expected Growth in Rate of expected growth in service demands, reported as total retail 10
Service Demand water demand, under current conditions (i.e., before water
conservation plan is developed and implemented). Can be based on
expected change of population into the future or some other
acceptable method.
Expected Goals for Water Goals, which must be developed in accordance with S37-60-l26 25
Savings Related to Proposed CRS, are based on estimates made by the applicant and the
Conservation and Efficiency applicant's knowledge of the applicant's water system, past
Measures and Programs conservation efforts, and future water needs
Use of the Water Conservation See the Board website for the Water Conservation Plan 25
Plan Development Guidance Development Guidance Document which contains a presentation of
Document structure and the nine planning steps and a summary of the overall planning
processes promoted by the process, including developing and setting water efficiency and water
Office, or similar to develop conservation goals
goals and select measures and
rograms
rganizational Capability Total 20
Level of staffing (volunteered or Based on availability of staff and the availability of other 5
paid, in-house or out sourced) resources used to support staff
committed to the effort
Capabilities of the Staff or Staff Based on resumes of staff, resources available to staff (e.g., 5
resources consultants, advisors, etc.)
Level of organizational Based on the identification of those public processes that have 5
communication with the public been, or will be included in the development of a Plan,
including public meetings, press releases, news stories, etc.
Level of commitment from the Based on information included in the application such as the 5
governing board/counsel content of the letter from the governing board (or equivalent),
local laws, examples of previous governing board actions, etc.
Other Considerations Total 30
Adequacy, Stability, and Include description of water supply needs, permitting issues, and 10
Reliability of Current Water other competing needs for local and regional water supply
Supplies
Financial Need 10
Location of the Entity with Board staff will locate the entity relative to areas that have 10
Respect to SWSI been identified as water short within the SWSl
Recommendations recommendations and findings
Total 120

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