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<br />however, for savings achieved through water conservation associated with the <br />reuse project, which was completed in 2004. Irrigation water supplied by the <br />reuse project would have otherwise been discharged to Big Dry Creel(; use of this <br />water reduces the demand for new supplies. The reuse project has the capability <br />of producing an annual yield of approximately 3,100 acre feet (or 6,200 <br />equivalent taps). Broomfield is in the process of completing infrastructure needed <br />to deliver this amount to irrigation customers, and has permit applications from <br />irrigation customers for a large portion of this water. The actual reuse water <br />delivered during 2004 through 2006 is reflected in Table 1 above. As part of the <br />update of the Water Conservation Plan, a monitoring/tracl(ing program will be <br />proposed that will allow documentation of the amount of water that is saved <br />through other conservation efforts. <br /> <br />Using information provided in the Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI)5, <br />assuming that most of the measures included in Level 3 are implemented (with <br />possible substitution of some measures from Level 4), the future amount of water <br />that will be saved through conservation when the Water Conservation Plan is <br />implemented is estimated to be 10% after ten years, and 20% after 30 years. <br />Broomfield has already estimated that at build-out, reuse water will comprise 7% <br />of its planned water supplies.6 Broomfield will identify additional conservation <br />opportunities and investigate those identified by City Council in the Green <br />Broomfield Study Session held June 19,2007, such as: water audit programs for <br />residential and commercial customers, retrofitting public facilities with low water <br />use devices, reviewing City landscape standards for median and right-of-way <br />areas to include improved grading and Xeriscape concepts, and creating a green <br />pacl(age checl(list for new developments to incorporate conservation early in the <br />planning phases. Updating the Water Conservation Plan will help Broomfield <br />prioritize conservation opportunities as it strives to reach or even exceed the <br />SWSI projections. <br /> <br />d. Adequacy, Stability, and Reliability of the Water System <br />To help meet future water supply needs, Broomfield is one of many participants <br />in the Windy Gap Firming Project (WGFP). This proposed project, currently in <br />the federal permitting phase, would increase reliability of Broomfield's Windy <br />Gap water units which is a l(ey component of the future water supply. <br /> <br />In addition to the first use of Windy Gap water in the potable water system, <br />Broomfield has constructed an extensive reuse water system utilizing Windy Gap <br />effluent from the wastewater treatment facility. That system is currently being <br />expanded to include new developments in Broomfield by extending reuse water <br />lines and acquiring additional water that will increase the existing reuse system's <br />annual yield. <br /> <br />5 Statewide Water Supply Initiative, Colorado Water Conservation Board, Nov. 2004, page 8-3, Table 8-1 <br />6 City and County of Broomfield 2004 Long Range Financial Plan, page 47 <br /> <br />Page 7 of 8 Broolnfield _ Conservation Plan App _10-17 -07 .doc <br />