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The categories targeted for savings are Re sidential, Commercial, Irrigation and System <br />Losses. <br />There were 29 water conservation measures and programs on the universal list that the <br />District initially considered. Five of t hese were existing measures with plans for <br />improving or continuing effort. The firs t screening included the following criteria and <br />narrowed the list down to 16 me asures and programs. <br />1. Staff and Board approval <br />2. Customer acceptance and participation <br />3. Staff and financial resource limitations <br />4. Legal authority <br />The cost/benefit analysis and second screeni ng ranked the measures in order of <br />importance, but after careful consideration did not eliminate any additional measures. <br />The resulting rank of the cost/benefit analysis is shown in Table 2. <br />Table 2 – Cost/Benefit Analysis Results <br />Cost/1,000 <br />First <br />Conservation Measure or <br />Gallons <br />Rank <br />Program <br />Saved <br />Improving utilization of billing <br />$0.021 <br />software <br />Recycling WTP filter <br />$0.102 <br />backwash <br />Improved Leak Detection & <br />$0.213 <br />Repair Program <br />Installing radio telemetry on <br />$0.364 <br />existing meters <br />Irrigation system audits for <br />$0.825 <br />irrigation taps <br />Send ET irrigation scheduling <br />$1.766 <br />in water bill and on website <br />Children's water festivals <br />$1.767 <br />Water rates to encourage <br />$1.788 <br />water conservation <br />Public education - website <br />development in addition to <br />$1.799 <br />existing bill stuffers <br />Landscape & Irrigation <br />system standards for new <br />$2.4110 <br />development <br />Restrictive covenants <br />$2.4110 <br />ordinance <br />Soil amendment ordinance for <br />$2.4110 <br />new landscapes <br />Online residential audit <br />$2.4413 <br />Post commercial BMPs on <br />$3.3014 <br />website or as bill stuffers <br />Commercial audit <br />$3.5215 <br />Residential audit <br />$4.7316 <br />