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

TABLE 14
Summary of the City of Longmont's Ongoing and Planned Water Conservation Measures and Programs as Compared to the
Requirements of CRS 37 -60 -126 (4)(a)
Requirement
Current Program
Proposed Program
Water efficient
The City currently has established a
The City plans to continue its residential
fixtures and
residential rebate program for ultra -low flow
rebate program and expand its rebates for
appliances
toilets, dishwashers and washing machines.
commercial appliances and fixtures.
(e.g., toilets,
The City has also replaced inefficient
urinals, etc.)
fixtures with high efficiency fixtures in its
offices and buildings
Low water use
The City provides educational material to
The City is planning to initiate Rain sensor
landscapes,
residents regarding the benefits of
and ET controller rebate programs for
drought-
Xeriscape plant material.
commercial, residential and irrigation only
resistance
customers. The City is also looking to
vegetation,
initiate outdoor audit programs for these
efficient
customers. The City is also looking to
irrigation
implement a non - potable irrigation system
for a selected number of its parks to reduce
treated water demand and upgrade
irrigation systems to include remote ET
controllers.
Water - efficient
The City has conducted limited review of
The City is planning to initiate commercial
industrial and
commercial and irrigation accounts to
customer audits that will evaluate both
commercial
identify high water use. The City is also
indoor and outdoor use, establish the need
processes
working with a regional team to develop an
for additional programs, and initiate
ICI audit program.
commercial indoor appliance rebate
programs.
Water reuse
The City has a number of water rights that
The City will explore options to expand its
systems
allow for reuse of return flows. The City
water reuse program in the future to
currently utilizes exchanges with
include capturing return flows in
downstream water users to obtain return
downstream reservoirs and circulating the
flow credits at its water treatment plant
captured water back into the City. The
diversion.
evaluation effort is ongoing.
Distribution
The City has implemented a meter
The City will evaluate the cost and benefit
system leak
installation program that has over the past
of installing additional automatic meter
identification
20 years completed metering of all its
reading (AMR) equipment (i.e., meters and
and repair
customers by the year 2006. The City also
transponders) at high use customers and in
conducts meter testing and replacement for
new construction in the future. The new
its large water customers. The City has
meters would record and store data
taken steps to improve registering water use
tracking very low water use that would be
with automated meter reading (AMR)
used for leak detection. The City will also
systems and meters with leak detection
evaluate sonic leak detection devices.
capabilities for about 250 of its customers.
39