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Identify Conservation Measures and Programs <br />Alamosa is a small community in a largely agricultural area with a dry climate. Our citizens tend <br />to have a good understanding of the value of water, but we have struggled to reduce our use of <br />this precious resource in a municipal setting. <br />The mean and median incomes of the community are also well below that of most of the state. <br />This will have a direct affect on the success of conservation measures that require an investment <br />— even an upfront, reimbursable investment — on behalf of the community. We have a large <br />inventory of older homes with plumbing fixtures that pre -date the lower water use fixtures <br />mandated by the plumbing codes currently in effect. <br />§37 -60 -126 C.R.S. lists nine specific water - saving measures that must be considered: <br />1) Water - efficient fixtures and appliances <br />2) Low water use landscapes <br />3) Water - efficient industrial and commercial water -use processes <br />4) Water reuse systems <br />5) Distribution system leak identification and repair <br />6) Dissemination of information regarding water -use efficiency measures <br />7) Water -use efficiency water rate structures and billing systems <br />8) Regulatory measures designed to encourage water conservation <br />9) Incentives to implement water conservation techniques <br />These nine measures use the word efficient extensively, inferring the requirement to do the same <br />job with less use of resources. Implied, by not stated, is demand management - to actually <br />reduce demand by changing practices in such a way that the need for the resource is minimized. <br />Items 2, 7, and 9 would all contribute to demand management. Leak detection is a prime <br />example of a third category, resource waste. <br />City of Alamosa I Water Conservation Plan I May 2007 1 Page 12 of 29 <br />