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City of Rifle Water Conservation Plan <br />Final Report -July 2008 <br />approved plan also are eligible to apply for CWCB grant funds to implement their water <br />conservation plans. <br />The City of Rifle has also developed this plan to conserve water within the City to <br />achieve a number of other important goals, including: <br />• Reducing and/or deferring capital costs for water and wastewater infrastructure <br />• Reducing water and wastewater system operational costs <br />• Reducing and/or deferring future water supply acquisition costs <br />• Reducing environmental impacts of water diversions, water production, treatment, <br />and distribution and wastewater treatment and discharge <br />~ Reducing City and community energy use and greenhouse gas emissions <br />• Increasing water available for other beneficial uses, such as recreation, agriculture, <br />power development, etc. <br />• Stretching water supplies to allow for continued growth <br />• Improving water supply reliability <br />The purpose of this plan is to chart a course for water conservation in Rifle over the next <br />five to seven years. This plan should be updated within seven years, if not sooner, in <br />compliance with statutory requirements. It is anticipated that development of a <br />successful water conservation program for the City will be an evolutionary process. <br />Using initial City conservation experiences to produce future plan updates will be critical <br />to a successful on-going program. <br />Document Organization <br />This document is organized with chapters that correspond to the CWCB-recommended 9- <br />Step water conservation planning process as outlined in Section 4 of the CWCB Model <br />Water Conservation Plan Guidance Document (available at <br />http://cwcb.state. co. us/Conservation/RelatedInformation/Publications/WaterConservation <br />PlanDevelopmentGuidanceDocument/WCPDevelopmentGuidanceDocument.htm) <br />SGM # 99055A-388 6 Introduction <br />