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• Board Meeting Date: 1/23/2008
• Description: OWCDP Section - City of Northglen - High Efficiency Toilet Give-Away Program
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

STATE OF COLORADO
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Department of Natural Resources
1313 Sherman Street, Room 721
Denver, Colorado 80203
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
wuu . o~n cU. state. co.us
Bill Ritter, Jr.
Governor
TO: Colorado Water Conservation Board Members
H:uris D. Sherman
DNR Executive Director
FROM: Veva McCaig, Section Chief
Tammie Petrone
OWCDP Grants Coordinator Jennifer L. Gimbel
, CWCB Director
Office of Water Conservation & Drought Planning
Dan MoAuliffe
CWCB Deputy Director
DATE: January 23, 2008
SUBJECT: Agenda Item #26, Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning (OWCDP)
City of Northglenn -High Efficiency Toilet Give-Away Program
Back6round
On July 1, 2007, the Water Efficiency Grant Program, which was established under HBOS-1254,
was merged with the Water Conservation Planning Program, which was established under
HB04-1365, to create one Water Efficiency Grant Program under Senate Bill 07-008. Monies in
the Water Efficiency Grant Program Cash Fund may be awarded to water providers and local
governmental entities to aid in developing and implementing Water Conservation Plans and
Drought Mitigation Plans. The Grant Guidelines, adopted by the Board in November 2006,
define water conservation to mean broadly water use efficiency, wise water-use, water
transmission and distribution system efficiency, and supply substitution. The objective of water
conservation is a long-term increase in the productive use of water supply in order to satisfy
water supply needs without compromising desired water services.
Summary of Grant Proposal
The OWCDP received a Water Efficiency Grant application from the City of Northglenn, a
covered entity located nine miles north of Denver, Colorado, in western Adams County.
Northglenn is currently serving 10,319 customer accounts: 8,822 single-family, 882 town
homes, 136 multi-family apartments, 387 commercial/industrial accounts, 24 school and 68
municipal accounts. The annual average raw water usage is approximately 5,300 acre-feet.
Although 93% of Northglenn's service area is developed and population is not expected to grow
considerably, the City recognizes the importance of using water resources wisely and strives to
become a sustainable community. Northglenn has developed a Water Conservation Plan in
compliance with §37-60-126 C.R.S., which was approved by the OWCDP in June 2007, at
which time they became eligible for implementation grant funding. The following project was
ranked and considered within their Water Conservation Plan as a high priority project since it is
estimated to produce the highest volume of water savings per year and the highest return on
investment.
Water Supply Protection • Watershed Protection & Fluud blitigatiun • Stream & Lake Protection • Water Supply Planning & Finance
Water Conservation & Drought Planning • Intrastate ~F'ater Management & Development