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City of Rifle Water Conservation Plan Final Report -July 2008 5.0 Conservation Measures and Programs 5.1 Conservation Measures and Programs Considered A comprehensive list of conservation measures and programs considered applicable to the City of Rifle was created as a starting point. The measures were organized into five primary categories for implementation purposes. Included in this list are all of the measures and programs required by state statute to be considered. The list is as follows: Municipal Facilities • Replace appropriate toilets, urinals, faucets and showerheads with low-flow fixtures. • Establish a policy that requires all new city-funded plumbing fixtures and appliances to meet or exceed the best practice standards. • Replace conventional landscape with xeriscape at select sites. • Planldesignlinstall water-efficient landscapes for new City open spacelpublic park areas. • Require irrigation efficiency audits of all city-maintained irrigation systems. • Establish an annual water budget for City departments as appropriate. • Reward the City department with the largest percentage water use reduction. • Create a `buying guide' for staff for City-purchased plumbing fixtures and appliances. • Create a `design guide' for staff for City-owned xeriscape landscaping and irrigation systems. • Create a `maintenance guide' for staff for maintaining plumbing fixtures, appliances and irrigation systems. • Irrigate parks and cemetery only at night. • Restrict water features/fountains. Rebates & Incentives • Provide free audits for top ten water users. • Provide rebates for low-flow fixtures, such as toilets & urinals, showerheads, faucets and clothes washers. • Provide rebates for smart irrigation controls and/or irrigation audits. Utility Operations • Modify water rates to promote water conservation. • Improve system-wide water accounting to better track the use of potable water and better quantify lost water. • Improve the measurement of, and reduce the magnitude of, water treatment plant process waste streams. • Improve the detection and control of water distribution system leaks. • Continue the policy that requires large leaks to be repaired immediately and smaller leaks to be repaired in less than two days, after discovery. • Establish a policy that requires that asystem-wide leak-detection audit be conducted at least every 5 years. • Reduce construction water use by increasing the rates. • Reduce construction water use by exploring the use of raw water for compacting and dust control. SGM # 99055A-388 25 Conservation Measures and Programs