Longmont WC Plan 2008

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Contract/PO #: OE PDA 08-15
• Applicant: City of Longmont
• Project Name: City of Longmont Water Conservation Plan
• Title: City of Longmont Water Conservation Master Plan
• Date: 11/24/2008
• County: Boulder
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

Contents
1.0 Introduction ............................................................................ ..............................1
1.1 Purpose ...............................................................................
..............................1
1.2 Organization ......................................................................
..............................1
1.3 Acknowledgements ..........................................................
..............................2
2.0 Profile of Existing Water System
........................................ ..............................3
2.1 Water Sources ....................................................................
..............................3
2.2 Water Delivery ..................................................................
..............................6
3.0 Current Water Use .................................................................. ..............................8
3.1 Water Use ........................................................................... ..............................8
3.2 Water Billing and Rate Structure ................................... .............................14
4.0
Current Water Conservation Efforts .................................. .............................15
4.1 Public Education and Resources .................................... .............................15
4.2 City Facilities .................................................................... .............................17
4.3 Residential ......................................................................... .............................17
4.4 Commercial ....................................................................... .............................19
4.5 Other 20
4.6 Existing Program Effectiveness ...................................... .............................20
5.0
Forecasting Future Water Demands .................................. .............................23
5.1 Annual Treated Water Demands ................................... .............................24
5.2 Peak Monthly and Daily Treated Water Demands ..... .............................30
6.0
Proposed Facilities ................................................................ .............................34
6.1 Raw Water Supply ........................................................... .............................34
6.2 Treated Water Facilities ................................................... .............................34
7.0
Conservation Goals .............................................................. .............................35
8.0
Identification and Screening of Potential Water Conservation
Measures and Programs ....................................................... .............................36
8.1 Initial Screening of Measures and Programs ............... .............................36
8.2 Detailed Description of Selected Measures and Programs .....................38
8.3 Evaluation and Final Selection of Measures and Programs ...................47
9.0
Impacts of Proposed Water Conservation ........................ .............................53
10.0
Plan Adoption and Implementation ................................. .............................56
10.1 Public Input ..................................................................... .............................56
10.2 Implementation .............................................................. .............................57
10.3 Monitoring and Verification of Program Effectiveness .........................59
10.4 Updating and Revising the Plan .................................. .............................60
10.5 Plan Approval ................................................................ .............................60