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<br />City of Northglenn 2007 Water Conservation Plan <br /> <br />heads for specific applications, irrigation system maintenance, leak repair, and <br />horticultural practices that help maintain a healthy lawn on less water. <br /> <br />Xeriscape Demonstration Garden. Demonstrations and Educational Information <br />The City promotes low water use landscaping. A Xeriscape Demonstration Garden is <br />located at the Water Treatment Facility and a smaller garden is maintained at the City's <br />Maintenance and Operations Facility. Water-wise landscaping courses for City residents <br />were taught by an Adam's County master gardener in 2002 and 2003. Free Xeriscape <br />information is always available on the City's website and brochures may be picked up at <br />City Hall. <br /> <br />Low-Water Use Turf Tests <br />The City has installed and is studying several varieties of low-water use turf for <br />residential use and use in municipal landscaping. A sod, which retains its aesthetic <br />qualities while using one-fourth to one-third less water than commonly used Kentucky <br />Blue Grass varieties, was installed at three residential properties. The City of <br />Northglenn has also installed Streambank Wheat Grass in a right-of-way setting. This <br />grass is a sod forming, cold season native grass that can be maintained and thrive with <br />minimal amounts of water. It also grows slowly so it requires less maintenance than <br />other turf types. Tests are ongoing and have resulted in the City adjusting the turf it <br />installs for new landscape projects. The City strives to use low water use turf and plants <br />for new projects and improvements. <br /> <br />Rain Gaaes <br />The City provides free rain gages to residents to assist with watering at the estimated <br />evapotranspiration rate and to avoid over watering of lawns. Rain gages were included <br />in educational conservation kits provided to second grade students in 2002 and 2003 <br />and are distributed annually at the City's 4th of July celebration. Rain gages can be <br />picked up free of charge at City Hall. <br /> <br />Water-efficient industrial and commercial water-usina processes <br />Due to the small number of commercial and industrial costumers served in the City, this <br />sector has not been a focus of past conservation efforts. Currently, there are no water <br />conservation measures that target commercial and industrial customers. <br /> <br />WATER REUSE SYSTEMS <br /> <br />Municipal Water Supplv <br />Northglenn pioneered the concept of the "First Use Agreement" with agricultural water <br />users. Under this agreement, water is first used by the City then treated and reused by <br />downstream irrigators. One source serves both urban and rural needs. During this <br />system's development in the late 1970's, Northglenn received praise from Governor <br />Richard Lamm and then President Jimmy Carter for creative and innovative planning to <br />meet the ever-increasing water demands of the region. Since then, similar water reuse <br />systems have proliferated throughout Colorado. <br /> <br />Since the inception of the FRICO/Northglenn Exchange Agreement, an average of 250Jb <br />of the water used by the City of Northglenn is reused by FRICO irrigators. Each year, as <br />farmland is converted to urban uses, the amount of water available from this source has <br />been decreasing. The City estimates that within the next five to ten years, they will need <br />to replace FRICO Exchange Agreement water. In developing replacement supplies, it is <br />likely that the City will purchase additional FRICO water as it becomes available. <br /> <br />11 <br />