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<br />Section 6 <br />Conservation Measures and Programs <br /> <br />Table 6-1 Screening of Potential Conservation Measures and Programs <br /> <br /> I Already I Evaluated I <br />Measure Implemented in this Plan Comments <br />Demand-Side Programs <br />Education/Information Dissemination <br />Public education Yes Yes See below. <br />Water-saving demonstrations No No Criterion 5 - Erie currently prefers to focus on <br /> other components of the public education <br /> program. <br />School programs Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Informative & understandable water bill Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Water bill inserts Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Website Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Erie newspaper Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Neighborhood Watch Yes Yes Customers may report water wasting as well as <br /> infractions when water restrictions are <br /> mandatory. Details are provided in Section 2.6. <br />Water Conservation Hotline Yes Yes Customers may report water wasting as well as <br /> infractions when water restrictions are <br /> mandatory. Details are provided in Section 2.6. <br />Technical Assistance <br />Customer water use audits Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Targeted at large users No No Criteria 1 and 3 - Erie does not have enough <br /> large users to produce significant savings from <br /> such a proQram. <br />Targeted at large landscapes Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Water conservation expert available No No Criterion 1 - Erie is not of a sufficient size where <br /> hiring a conservation expert would be cost <br /> effective. <br />Remote reader Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Rate Structures and Billing Systems Designed to Encourage Efficiency <br />Volume billing Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Conservation (tiered) rate structure Yes No Criterion 2 - Erie's water rates increase with <br /> increasing water use (Section 2.4). Erie plans to <br /> review the current rate structure and will <br /> consider additional conservation incentives. <br />Increased (monthly) billing frequency No No Criterion 3 - Erie already bills customers on a <br /> monthly basis. <br />Increase water rates (for higher use tiers) Yes No Criterion 2 - Erie's water rates increase with <br /> increasing water use (Section 2.4). Erie plans to <br /> review the current rate structure and will <br /> consider additional conservation incentives. <br />Regulations/Ordinances <br />Addressing fixtures & appliances No Yes Details provided in Section 7.2 <br />Standards for fixtures & appliances No Yes Details provided in Section 7.2 <br />Time of sale upgrades No Yes Details provided in Section 7.2 <br />Addressing landscapes Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Turf restrictions No No Criterion 5 - Erie promotes efficient water <br /> irrigation and low water use landscapes, turf <br /> restrictions would be inconsistent with the <br /> community's values. <br />Landscape design/layout Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Soil preparation Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Irrigation equipment Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Water waste prohibition Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.6 and 7.2 <br />Watering Restrictions Yes Yes Details provided in Section 2.5 <br /> <br />CDM <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />6-3 <br /> <br />\\DENSVR1\PROJECTS\9228 - ERIE\CONSERVATION PLAN\REPORT\DRAFT PRIOR TO PUBLIC REVIEW\CONNIE FORMATTED\SECTION 6.DOC <br />