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<br />CDM <br /> <br />Section 5 <br />Conservation Goals <br /> <br />5.2 Goal Development Process <br /> <br />A variety of steps were taken develop the conservation goals. Data on the District's <br />water system and existing conservation measures were collected and analyzed to <br />characterize supply, demands, and customer use. These data were used to identify the <br />major water consumers and the magnitude of savings the District could feasibly <br />attain. <br /> <br />The development of the quantitative goals were developed by reviewing estimated <br />saving projections provided in Section 6.2 and determining a range of savings that fell <br />within the saving projections. The development of these goals also considered how <br />easily billing and well production data could be processed to annually measure the <br />success of the goal. In order to measure the success, current data should be compared <br />to historical data to identify trends and changes. Unfortunately, the change in billing <br />systems in May 2004 resulted in the loss of customer demand data stored in the <br />previous billing system. This limited the ability to develop quantitative saving goals <br />targeting specific customer types. <br /> <br />Quantitative goals are further limited, by the different grouping of customer types in <br />the new billing system. Customer types are grouped according to assigned water <br />budgets (Table 2-2), which is different from the customer partitioning in the older <br />system. Although some metered data of customer types are available in 2003, it would <br />take a significant effort to extract the customer types according to the old system in <br />order to make a consistent comparison when assessing the success of water <br />conservation goals. <br /> <br />Consequently, the quantitative goals of this Plan rely on well production and District <br />metered data that are available for comparison. These goals can be measured on an <br />annual basis with minimal effort. As the District begins to acquire more water use <br />data over time, historical demand trends by customer type may be developed and <br />used to establish new quantitative conservation goals that target customers types and <br />certain use applications (outdoor vs. indoor). The development of an effective <br />monitoring plan is important to the success of the Plan. This will enable the <br />conservation goals, measures, and programs to be modified if changes are needed to <br />further enhance conservation benefits. <br /> <br />One of the conservation goals is to select measures and programs that are compatible <br />with the community. The conservation goals were presented to the public at a <br />meeting that highlighted the major elements of the Plan. The Plan also went through a <br />public review process. Comments on the goals and Plan were be reviewed and <br />incorporated into the final draft. (See Appendices for further details). <br /> <br />5-2 <br /> <br />O:\Castle_Pines_North\Conservation Plan\Drafts Submitted For Review\Final Conservation Plan.doc <br />