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<br />CDM <br /> <br />Executive Summary <br /> <br /> <br />Technical Assistance <br />. Customer irrigation audits <br /> <br />. Remote reader <br /> <br />Public Education <br />. I nformative and <br />understandable water bill <br /> <br />. Distribution of information via <br />bill inserts, town website, and <br />newspaper <br /> <br />. School programs <br /> <br />. Water conservation <br />pamphlets <br /> <br />Existing <br /> <br />Existing <br /> <br />Existing <br /> <br />Expand existing <br />program <br /> <br />Existing <br /> <br />New <br /> <br />Additional Regulations/Ordinances <br />. Water wasting ordinance Existing <br /> <br />. Watering restrictions <br /> <br />Existing <br /> <br />Erie provides a free irrigation audit program for residential and <br />commercial customers. The audit program is designed to identify <br />irrigation inefficiencies. This program can result in the reduction of <br />water usage and associated costs as reduces runoff improving <br />water qualit . <br />Erie offers a remote reader service to all customers who contact <br />the town concerned that their water bill is abnormally high. Erie <br />staff will temporarily provide the customer with a remote reader. <br />This remote reader records the amount of water being used in the <br />house and can be used to detect leaks. <br /> <br />Erie's water bill provides each customer with information on how <br />much water they used per monthly billing cycle and how much <br />water was used the same month of the previous year. This <br />information enables customers to compare and regulate the water <br />usa e on a monthl basis. <br />Erie uses their website and email distribution list to convey water <br />conservation information. Both of these medias have proven to be <br />an effective means to distribute information to customers. Erie <br />plans to expand this program by conveying additional conservation <br />information through their website, newspaper, bill inserts, and <br />pamphlets. <br />Erie has annually provided a 3-day water education program for <br />fourth and fifth graders since 2003. Topics include: equipment <br />safety, water treatment, stormwater, and water conservation. This <br />program has received positive feedback from teachers, students, <br />and parents. <br />Erie plans to provide a pamphlet on water conservation oriented <br />landscaping maintenance guidelines. This pamphlet will be <br />distributed to all current HOAs and all new HOAs established in <br />Erie. Erie also plans on developing a xeriscaping pamphlet that will <br />be distributed to customers durin public atherin s. <br /> <br />Erie has a water wasting ordinance that prohibits the waste of <br />water. This measure has proven to be effective in clearly defining <br />Erie's position on the ne Ii ent wastin of water. <br />Erie has implemented a three-tiered water restrictions program <br />since 2002. Generally the water restrictions have been <br />implemented on a voluntary basis. This helps to regulate peak day <br />irrigation demands during the irrigation season. This program <br />provides flexibility to customers recommending an irrigation <br />schedule on a volunteer basis, yet when the water supply system <br />is stressed, it provides Erie the ability to regulate irrigation. <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />ES-4 <br /> <br />\\DENSVR1\PROJECTS\9228 - ERIE\CONSERVATION PLAN\REPORT\DRAFT PRIOR TO PUBLIC REVIEW\CONNIE FORMATTED\EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.DOC <br />