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WATER CONSERVATION PLAN 2008 <br />8.2.3 Municipal Use Efficiency <br />Water Efficient Fixtures <br />The City has replaced most, if not all, of the toilets and urinals in its offices and public <br />buildings. The City will evaluate in the future the cost - benefit of retrofitting its facilities <br />with water efficient fixtures including ultra low-flow toilets, high efficiency and waterless <br />urinals, and automated sinks. <br />City Park and Golf CourseA rrigation <br />As previously indicated, a number of the City's parks and golf courses are irrigated with <br />ditch water. These facilities are without consistent metering, although information exists <br />regarding pump and /or system run times such that rough estimates of past water use <br />could be developed. Potential future water conservation measures and programs that <br />may be appropriate for these City facilities include performing audits to determine actual <br />past water use and current irrigation practices. The City will also utilize focused audits to <br />evaluate options for upgrading the irrigation and pumping systems at existing facilities <br />by identifying opportunities for adding meters where possible and improving irrigation <br />efficiencies, planting materials, and overall water use. <br />The City also plans to evaluate the benefits and costs related to changing the <br />requirements for new City built parks and parkways and medians to include <br />requirements or restrictions related to sprinkler types and plant materials. <br />8.2.4 Regulations and Ordinances <br />Plumbing Fixtures and Pressure Reducing Values <br />The City maintains ordinances that require fixtures including toilets, urinals, <br />showerheads, etc. to provide maximum flows for service. Although some of the flow <br />requirements are consistent with what is allowed by the Unified Plumbing Code of 1994, <br />the City will evaluate the benefits of updating its plumbing code as a component of this <br />plan. <br />Water Waste Ordinance <br />The City has developed an ordinance that prohibits water waste by its customers defined <br />as water running to any gutters and /or impervious surface without beneficial use. There <br />is no dedicated staff for enforcement of this ordinance; however the City owns and <br />maintains a hotline for citizen reporting. The City will evaluate the efficacy of seasonal <br />staff for an enforcement program which would provide enforcement services for repeat <br />water wasters. <br />Landscaping and Soil Amendment Requirements <br />New development continues within the City limits, expanding the number of residential, <br />commercial and irrigation taps on a yearly basis. The City understands that the best time <br />to place soil amendments to support and sustain low -water use plantings and install <br />efficient sprinkler systems is at the outset of construction. The City has therefore <br />developed landscape regulations that set forth basic landscape planning and review <br />45 <br />