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<br />increase in water demand, by segment, based on a 3 percent increase in residential <br />population over the next 5 years. <br /> <br />Ongoing Water Conservation Practices <br />Current water conservation measures and programs practiced by the City include the <br />following: <br /> <br />Water metering - The City maintains a program to monitor and replace <br />inaccurate water meters. Ninety percent of household meters were replaced in <br />the past 5 years. All water users in the City have meters. <br /> <br />Lawn watering restrictions - In order to reduce summertime peak demand, <br />which can challenge the treatment capacity of the water supply system, the City <br />has implemented an every third day lawn watering restrictions using a circle, <br />diamond, square program. This has been in place since September 2002. <br /> <br />Tiered water rates - The City maintains tiered water billing rates for most <br />residential and commercial customers. <br /> <br />Distribution system leak detection and prevention - The City has a program in <br />place that monitors distribution system performance and identifies unusually <br />high single entity water usage using billing records. The City also maintains an <br />after hours "hotline" for report of leaks. <br /> <br />Water conservation education - The City maintains a year round water <br />conservation education program related to our lawn watering restrictions. <br /> <br />Non-potable Irrigation - The City has implemented a non-potable irrigation <br />program with selected parks and other City owned and maintained properties. <br /> <br />2 <br />