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Section 6 <br />Goals and Objectives for Future Water Conservation Activities <br />Goals and objectives f or future water conservation measures and programs will be set by <br />the City to help address f uture challenges that exist with regard to groundwater supplies <br />and water treatment infrastructure. These future challenges that the City faces are not <br />necessarily different from those of other Front Range cities; however, the timeframe for <br />demonstratable water savings is perhaps shorter for the City when compared to other <br />municipalities and special districts. <br />The key drivers for setting goals f or the City's water conservation eff orts are as f ollows: <br />• Postpone capital projects related to new water treatment plant and related <br />infrastructure; new groundwater production f acilities; new brine disposal facilities; <br />and new costs f or augmentation water, to the extent practical. <br />• Reduce outdoor use of potable water to reduce volume of brine water disposal and <br />leverage existing direct flow rights controlled by the City f or surf ace water (ditch <br />water) . <br />• Prepare f or f uture growth by creating a tradition and culture of wise water use. <br />Note that one of the attributes of the City's water conservation efforts will be to utilize <br />raw water from the Fulton Ditch for outdoor irrigation in the summertime. For every <br />1,000 gallons of treated water that is not used f or outdoor irritation, 175 gallons of water <br />will not have to be pumped from the tributary groundwater system, since no inefficiencies <br />related to transmission and distribution losses or water treatment plant operations will <br />need to occur. <br />The numerical goals that have been developed based on the timing of future water supply <br />challenges are as follows: <br />• Reduce summertime and overall water use by 8 to 10 percent by 2017, which <br />amounts to a savings of about 900 to 1100 acre-feet of annual groundwater <br />production (or new surface water diversions). <br />The water savings expected from the water conservation program identified in this plan <br />has an estimated value of between $13.5 and 16.5 million in today's dollars, based on a <br />treated water development cost of $15,000 per acre-foot. <br />City of Brighton Wnter Conservntiori Plnn 17 <br />