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Table 5 - Summary of the City of Brighton's Ongoing and Planned Water Conservation <br />Measures and Programs as Compared to the Requirements of CRS 37-b0-126 (4) (a) <br />Requirement Current Pro ram Proposed Pro ram <br />Water efficient The City currently benefits from its Advanced Plumbing The City will look to continue its residential <br />fixtures and Regulations for new construction and remodels. In rebate program and expand its rebates for <br />appliances (e.g., addition, the City has established a residential rebate commercial indoor appliances. <br />toilets, urinals, etc.) pro ram f or toilets and washin machines. <br />Low water use The City provides educational material to residents The City is looking to initiate rain sensor <br />landscapes, regarding the benefits of xeriscape plant material. The and ET controller rebate programs for <br />drought-resistance City also has had outdoor watering restrictions in effect commercial, residential and irrigation only <br />vegetation, efficient since 2003. The City is in the process of upgrading its customers. The City is also looking to <br />irrigation Parks irrigation systems to include remote ET initiate outdoor audit programs for these <br /> Controllers. customers. The City is also looking to <br /> implement anon-potable irrigation system <br /> f or a selected number of its parks to reduce <br /> treated water inefficiencies and losses. <br />Water-efficient The City has limited industrial customers. They have The City is looking to initiate commercial <br />industrial and conducted limited review of commercial and irrigation customer audits that will evaluate both <br />commercial accounts to identify high water use. indoor and outdoor use, and initiate <br />processes commercial indoor appliance rebate and <br /> other ro rams as a ro riate. <br />Water reuse The City does not have any water that they can legally <br />s stems reuse. <br />Distribution system The City has implemented a meter replacement The City will evaluate the cost and benefit <br />leak identif ication program that involved replacing meters f or 93 % of its of installing automatic meter reading <br />and repair customers over the past 5 years. The City also conducts (AMR) equipment (i.e., meters and <br /> meter testing and replacement for 100 meters per year in transponders) at high use customers and in <br /> accordance with its decreed augmentation plan new construction in the future. The new <br /> requirements. The City also maintains a leak detection meters would record and store data <br /> and repair program, identifying and repairing leaking tracking very low water use that would be <br /> water transmission and distribution mains on an as- used for leak detection. <br /> needed basis. <br />Public education, The City currently utilizes bill inserts, door hangers f or The City will continue these efforts and <br />customer audits new residents, newsletters, advertisements, and various look to add indoor and outdoor commercial <br /> customer training seminars to educate and engage its audits, outdoor residential and irrigation <br /> customers regarding water conservation and water account audits and customer water use <br /> resources management. The City also supports the local training workshops. The City will also look <br /> culture fair with water conservation " iveawa s". to ex and current K-12 water education. <br />Water rates The City currently utilizes inclining block rates f or its The City plans to conduct water rate studies <br />structure and residential and commercial customer accounts. It bills at least every three years to implement <br />billing systems that its customers monthly and includes billing inserts future water rate increases. <br />encourage water discussing water conservation. <br />efficienc <br />Regulatory The City currently maintains every third day and time The City is looking to evaluate and develop <br />measures of day watering restrictions. landscape and irrigation system ordinances <br /> that will control soil amendments, plant <br /> materials and irri ation s stem installation. <br />Incentives The City has residential indoor appliance rebates for The City will look to continue its residential <br />including rebates low flow toilets and high efficiency washing machines. rebate program and expand its rebates for <br /> commercial indoor appliances, and <br /> residential, commercial and irrigation <br /> account outdoor equipment. <br />Cih~ of Brighton Wnter Cofiservntiofi Plnri 21 <br />