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<br />CWCB Water Conservation Planning Grant Application <br /> <br />City of Rifle <br /> <br />future increments of water supply and/or water (and wastewater) system capacity <br />as well as to reduce future operations and maintenance costs of the City's Utility <br />Department. This "pays for itself' criterion for implementing water conservation <br />and identifying best-fit conservation programs and measures follows the Utility <br />Department's and City Council's goals for managing its water and wastewater <br />systems. The extent to which cost-benefit analysis indicates that water <br />conservation can pay for itself (recognizing that some measures and programs <br />will be targeted even if they fall slightly shy of this criterion qu:mtitatively <br />because of other recognizable unquantifiable benefits) will influence the <br />magnitude of the City's ultimate water conservation goal. <br /> <br />Possibly the most critical element of water conservation planning (and <br />implementation) is organizational and community buy-in and participation. <br />Understanding the community's existing capacity for implementing water <br />conservation is also critical. Therefore, during the course of Plan development, <br />the project team proposes the following: <br />o Make initial contact with key community members and groups when <br />evaluating conservation programs and measures to gage interest in <br />supporting and being involved in a community-wide water conservation <br />effort. Likely community partners to include: <br />o Local school district and school-based groups (like "River Watch") <br />o Local and regional conservation/environmental groups <br />o Local ditch companies <br />o City's largest potable water consumers <br />o Large local landscaping contractors, irrigation system <br />suppliers/installers, nurseries, garden centers, and sod farms, etc. <br />o Local golf course landscape professionals <br />o Large local water appliance dealers <br />o Garfield County and CSU extensions; Garfield County library <br />o Local green industry leaders <br />o Developers with large projects in the review process <br />o Contractors using construction water <br />o Get City Council input at the project start for ideas and to gauge support. <br />Present the preferred measures and programs and costs/benefits to Council <br />before drafting Plan document. Have Council review draft Plan and approve <br />final Plan with a public hearing. <br />o Hold a public meeting to present the draft Plan and make the document <br />available for public review and comment on City's website for a fixed period <br />of time. Announce meeting and document availability in local newspaper(s) <br />and in customer water bills. <br /> <br />b. Task 01: Complete Planning Steps # 1 through #3 <br />[Task responsibility: 50% City staff /50% Consultant) <br />Steps #1 through #3 of CWCB's recommended 9-Step water conservation <br />planning process are: <br />o #1 - Profile Existing Water System <br />o #2 - Develop a Water Use Profile & Forecast Future Water Demand <br />o #3 - Profile Proposed Facilities <br /> <br />Much of Steps #1 through #3 was completed previously with the City's 2006 <br />Water Master Plan. This includes an inventory of existing potable system <br /> <br />2-7 <br /> <br />Section 2.0 - Required Grant Application Info. <br /> <br />SGM # 99055A-387 <br />