ELCO_WCPlan_50%ProgReport

• Water Efficiency Grant Type: Water Conservation Planning Grant
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 07-60
• Applicant: East Larimer County Water District
• Project Name: East Larimer County Water District Water Conservaiton Plan
• Title: ELCO Water Conservation Plan 50% Progress Report
• Date: 3/22/2007
• County: Larimer
• Water Efficiency - Doc Type: Interim Reports

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MEMORANDUM

CWSFile#07-100

To:

Ms Tammie Petrone. eWeB

From:

Val Flory

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Mike Scheid. Kathy Phipps, East Larimer County Water District
Webb Jones, Water Consulting Group

Date:

3-22-07

Subject

50% Status Summary for East Larimer County Water District Water Conservalion Plan

Clear Water Solutions is working with Water Consulting Group and East Larimer County Water
District (ELCD) to complete a Water Conservation Plan in accordance with State regulations following
the Guidance Document produced by the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCS) The
GUidance Document outlines mne steps in the water conservation planning process To date, ELCO
has completed Steps 1 through 5

Initially, the consulting team and ELCD evaluated the physical components of its water system and Its
sources of water supply ELCO owns Colorado-Big Thompson water and native ditch shares in
numerous local ditch companies ELCO IS currently changing the use of some of its native water to
include domestic use through water court. which will be completed in approximately two years. ElCO
receives Its treated water from the SOldier Canyon Filter Plant (SCFP), which It jointly owns with North
Weld County Water District and Fort Collins-Loveland Water District The main limitations identified
for ELCO are: 1) the time it takes to change the native water rights in water court. and 2) a lack of raw
water storage, The District is currently looking at raw water storage options that were identified in an
evaluation completed for the SCFP.

fLCD's water rates. revenue from water sales. and billings and collections process were described
These provide an overall picture of the current condition in addition to helping to establish the
baseline for determining potential lost revenue due to water conservation in further planning steps

ElCD has five customer categories in which It tracks its water usage: Residential. Non-residential.
Multi-family. Mobile homes. and Wholesale. The Wholesale accounts have been left out of the plan
because those customers are responsible for their own raw water contribution and maintain total
sovereignty over their individual customers. lrogation taps are part 01 the Non-residential category
and have been identified as a good place to conserve water. Commercial is another sector of the
Non-residential category that has been identified asan area forwa tersavings Residentialand
mobile homes are the other two customer categories where water savings can be obtained The

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