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<br />CDM <br /> <br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />3. Reduce water use by 15 percent on all existing city irrigated parks and <br />landscaping by 2014 and optimize irrigation efficiency on all new city irrigated <br />parks and landscaping. <br /> <br />4. Implement conservation measures and programs that are compatible with the <br />community. <br /> <br />5. Establish a monitoring system that collects a sufficient amount of data to <br />effectively measure the success of conservation programs and measures on an <br />annual basis. <br /> <br />Selection of Conservation Measures and Programs <br /> <br />A variety of water conservation measures and programs were evaluated to determine <br />their compatibility with Erie's objectives and water supply system and their ability to <br />achieve the target water conservation savings. Following evaluation, a set of <br />measures/programs were selected for implementation. These measures/programs <br />meet the following criteria: <br /> <br />. Conservation measures or programs that could contribute to meeting the <br />conservation goals <br /> <br />. Conservation measures/programs that are compatible with Erie's policies and <br />community <br /> <br />. Conservation measures/programs that would be effective throughout the <br />community <br /> <br />Some of these conservation measures/programs are currently implemented by Erie <br />and have proven to be successful and worth continuing. <br /> <br />Table ES-l provides a description for each of the selected measures and programs <br />selected for implementation. <br /> <br />Table ES-1 Selected Conservation MeasureslProgram and Implementation Plan <br /> <br /> Conservation I New or Existing I Description <br /> Measures/Programs <br />Landscape and Irrigation Efficiency for Parks <br />Established Parks <br />. Drought resistant vegetation Existing Erie's parks departments efforts to conserve water through <br />. Low water use landscapes planting drought resistant vegetation and using low water use <br />. Scheduling landscapes on many of the parks as well as irrigating in the <br /> evenings and at night when evaporation is at its lowest <br />. Moisture sensors New Installation of moisture sensors at all existing parks. These <br /> sensors will detect precipitation and shut off the irrigation system if <br /> it is raininQ. <br />. Evapotranspiration (ET) New Installation of a demo ET controller at Coal Creek park. If proven to <br /> controllers be effective, the parks department will consider installing ET <br /> controllers at additional parks. <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />ES-2 <br /> <br />\\DENSVR1\PROJECTS\9228 - ERIE\CONSERVATION PLAN\REPORT\DRAFT PRIOR TO PUBLIC REVIEW\CONNIE FORMATTED\EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.DOC <br />