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SWSI Phase 2 Technical Roundtable <br />Water Conservation and Efficiency <br />It is also important to note that the realistic level of future water demand varies by <br />location given the currently implemented or budgeted water conservation programs. <br />For example, Level 3 conservation represents a set of conservation programs similar <br />to some that Denver Water has already implemented, as of the base year 2000. <br />Continued implementation of Level 3 programs will f urther increase market <br />saturation and enhance program savings. Therefore, the future water demand for <br />Denver County should be further reduced by the Level 3 percentages to reflect the <br />future impacts of continuing the currently implemented conservation programs. <br />Furthermore, Denver Water is considering for future implementation a set of <br />programs commensurate with Level 4. Thus, if the additional programs are <br />implemented, it would be realistic to further reduce the Denver County demand <br />projections by the difference between Level 3 and Level 4(i.e., simply apply the Level <br />4 percent reduction). This would provide a realistic projection of future water demand <br />f or Denver County. However, the base period of the SWSI analysis is 2000. Theref ore, <br />the level of conservation in the year 2000 is assumed for the current conservation level. <br />In order to develop a more realistic assessment of future water demand throughout <br />the state, the appropriate current (year 2000) level of conservation was identified for <br />each county. The classification of the level of effort for each county is subjectively <br />based on a review of available water conservation plans submitted by water providers <br />to the CWCB and survey results collected by the Colorado Municipal League. The <br />resulting classification of each county is summarized in Table 2. It is estimated that <br />these current active conservation programs will result in water demand savings <br />ranging from 3 to 14 percent by basin, or an estimated 231,000 acre-feet, by 2030 if the <br />current level of effort is sustained into the future. More detail on the estimated MB~I <br />conservation savings is provided in Appendix E. Additional conservation measures <br />have been implemented since 2000 by many water providers in response to the <br />drought. If these measures are made permanent, additional water savings are <br />projected. <br />VIr1Y1 DRAFT 9 <br />S:IMEETINGSITECHNICAL ROUNDTABLEITRT MEETING - SPECIFICIWATER EFFICIENCYISWSI WATER EFFICIENCY TRT BRIEFING.DOC <br />