CastleRockWCPlan2006

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 06-40
• Applicant: Town of Castle Rock
• Project Name: Town of Castle Rock Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Water Conservation Master Plan
• Date: 12/1/2006
• County: Douglas
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

Introduction

Incentive Credit Existingl Value 1 User Cate- Comment
New gory
Water-Wise New $2000 Single Family Provides incen-
Home Residential tives to encourage
purchase of
Water-Wise
homes,
Sub-MeteringL New Up to cost of Multi-Family Cooperative assis-
meter Residential tance incentive

1 Value of incentive Inay vary based on funding and effectiveness as determined through on-going
evaluations in Castle Rock and throughout the industry.
2 Sub-lnetering regulations shall be enforced where interior plumbing design lends itself to sub-metering
without significantly negatively ilnpacting costs and design.

The Town will begin a sub-metering requirement for multi family com-
plexes where interior water system design lends itself to sub-metering.
The Town will also look at providing some kind of assistance including
compensation of the cost of the sub-meters.

Technical
Assistance
Programs

The following is a list of existing and new technical assistance programs.

Technical
Assistance Existi ngl Value 1 User Comment
Program New Category
Irrigation Expand $25 Single Family Assist customers
Audit Existing Residential with evaluation of
Program existing irrigation
To be All other Use systems and
determined Categories making recommen-
dations for improve-
ments,
Facility New To be Commercial Visit facility to
Audit determined Industrial assess water
use and make
recommendations
for improvements,

Water Rate
Structure

Water rate structures play an important in achieving water conservation.
While incentives and regulations can encourage conservation, water
rates are key to changing customer behavior to ensure that water is con-
served now and into the future.

The Town currently has what is called an inclining block rate structure for
single-family residential customers. (See Technical Memorandum 2 for
additional rate history information.) Increasing the amount of water you
use results in paying a higher price. Currently the Town is performing a
rate and fee study that is looking at changing the current rate structure to
what is called a water budget rate system. The goal is to implement a
water budget rate for each customer category.

Town of Castle Rock Water Conservation Master Plan

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