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WATER CONSERVATION PLAN 2008 <br />• It allows the City to respond as its customers embrace and engage the various <br />measures and programs being promoted and provided by the City to save water. <br />As indicted above, behavioral changes, which occur as a result of institutional, business, <br />association, and /or individual customer's response to key water conservation measures <br />and programs, are important components of any water conservation effort. Meaningful <br />water conservation requires that end users respond to the education, request and utilize <br />rebates, conduct audits and/or adhere to ordinances being implemented by the water <br />utility for water demand to be reduced. Given that behavioral changes strongly influence <br />the acceptance and effectiveness of any water conservation measure or program, it is <br />imperative that continuous and deliberate monitoring and verification of the proposed <br />activities occur, and that the information collected is used to refine and alter the ongoing <br />programs as they are implemented in response to customer behavior. The City will link <br />any water conservation measure that it proposes to implement with appropriate <br />monitoring and verification activities for just this purpose. <br />To this point, having water conservation measures and programs that include explicit <br />means to monitoring customer/ end user acceptance and adherence, ultimately allowing <br />for the measurement of "saved water" is vital to the overall success of the water <br />conservation plan. Monitoring customer water use becomes increasingly important as <br />water conservation programs mature, such as those measures and programs that the City <br />has implemented and is looking to implement. Therefore, key components of this water <br />conservation plan will include individual customer water use tracking for existing <br />customers, substantial education for new customers (including both residential and <br />commercial water users), and the use of deliberate customer feedback mechanisms to <br />track perceptions and behaviors. <br />To these points, the universe of water conservation measures and programs available to <br />the City was developed and screened based on the following criteria: <br />• Is additional information needed to complete an evaluation of water savings and <br />cost benefit to the City and its customers? <br />Does the measure and program allow for the tracking of future water savings? <br />• Are there other considerations that dictate whether or not an identified measure <br />and program could not be implemented by the City (e.g., some ordinances would <br />not meet with public acceptance, some measures and programs are not allowed by <br />State regulation, etc.)? <br />Appendix C contains a summary of identified and screened conservation measures and <br />programs, presenting those measures and programs that were selected to be carried <br />forward for further, detailed evaluation. Please note that many of the screened measures <br />and programs will likely be implemented in the future by the City; however, adequate <br />information does not currently exist to support a cost benefit analysis at this time. Also <br />note that educational efforts will be an important component of the future water <br />37 <br />