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Since 2004, GreenCO has trained in excess of 500 field professionals, demonstrating its commitment to actual implementation of the GreenCO BMPs, rather than allowing the BMP manual to "sit on a shelf." At the outset of the BMP project, the intent of the green industry was to create scientific fact-sheets describing good everyday practices, not simply drought practices, to aid industry personnel in water-use efficiency in all aspects of design, installation, and maintenance. The GreenCO BMP Manual and training program are tools created by the industry for the industry; as a result, GreenCO is uniquely positioned to further educate the green industry and other key stakeholders concerned about water conservation and water quality protection in Colorado. GreenCO recognizes that water conservation is largely dependent on behavioral change, based in turn on strong educational and outreach efforts. Expansion and reinforcement of GreenCO's water conservation message is needed to meet long-term water conservation objectives. As of August 2007, the GreenCO Board determined that a third phase of its BMP project was appropriate to revise existing BMPs, add more technical substance, and begin identifying new practices to correlate with the with the "green movement" (also addressing issues such as sustainability, energy, reuse, recycling, alternative fuels, and transportation, among others). GreenCO's goal is to build upon the ongoing success of the program to reach not only its industry, but also a wide atTaY of affected patiies and stakeholders. The purpose of this BMP expansion project is to keep the program up-to- date with the newest BMPs and the most current industry standards for industry professionals, as well as develop a tool to enable local governments and water providers to integrate the GreenCO BMPs into their own training effOlis and water conservation plans. Leveraging GreenCO BMPs can help facilitate increased consistency in water conservation practices throughout Colorado, both by the user and the supplier. Project Scope of Work The project scope of work includes seven tasks, which are described below. These seven tasks build upon GreenCO's commitment to promote landscape water conservation and water resources protection, which includes these objectives: o Decrease water use and protect water quality o Develop internal and external water conservation education tools o Develop drought preparedness! industry survival strategies o Leverage industry lessons into broader community understanding and action The project tasks focus not only on updating and enhancing the BMP manual itself, but also taking the time necessary to communicate with both industry membership and local governments. GreenCO recognizes that for the BMP manual and training program to be successful and reach its target audience, effective communication is needed at both the industry and local government levels. Budgets and milestones for these tasks are provided separately following the task descriptions. GreenCO Grant Application Page 2 August 28, 2007