8009 ‎(2)‎

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8009
• Author: Natural Resources Law Center.
• Title: Restoring the Waters.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Boulder, CO.
• Copyright Material: YES

holds) in the Seattle Water Department Klt CompOnentS
direct and wholesale service area. In
October 1992, the program began a one year Water Savings
second phase targeting larger multifamily Component Installation Rate (gallons per day)
buildings. Commercial customers were

added to the program in 1994.
ShowerheadS 64% 11

Kits were delivered free of charge, door-to- Faucet aerators 44% 2
door, with both prenotification by post- Leak detection tablets 31 % N.A.
card and follow-up services, including pick Toilet fill cycle tliverter 32% 3.3
up of unused devices. A private contractor Glass displacement jars 21 % 3.3
distributed the kits in the Puget Power
service territory, and the Seattle Conserva- Total Water SavingS 19.6 gallons/day
tion Corps, a division of Seattle's Depart- 9.56 hundred cubic-feet/year (ccf)
ment of Housing and Human Services,
delivered kits in the Seattle City Light
service territory. Telephone hotlines were
established to answer questions, solve
problems and send additional kit materials.
This program was also highly cost-effective Average savings per customer
Shower-arm adapters and additional kit from the utilities' perspective after factor- Water
materials were available at no charge upon ing in the water savings per device, ^ Average marginal water rate/
request. In addition, customers with installation rate, lifetime of the device and billing unit=$1.36
electric water heaters received a kitchen the costs that the utility avoids by not ^ Average wafer bill savings/year =
faucet aerator with adjustable spray when having to deliver as much water or energy 9.56 ccf at $1.36/ccf = $13.00
they requested additional kits or when they or treat as much sewage. Sewer
brought their old showerhead to comma- ^ Marginal sewer rate/billing unit =
nity centers. The cost of aerators was $2.81/ccf
covered by Seattle City Light and Puget For More Information Contact: ^ Average sewer bill savings/year =
Power. Seattle Public Utilities 9.56 ccf at $2.81/ccf = $26.86

Free installation of devices was available to
Conservation Office Electricity
Average electricity savings =
elderly or disabled customers upon their
710 Second Avenue, 10th Floor
430 kWh/year
request. This service was requested by less Seattle, WA 98104 ^ Average electricity rates =
than 1 % of participating households. Phone: [phone] cents/kWh
Fax: [phone] ^ Average electricity bill savings/
Cost Effectiveness year = $14.84
The program imposed few if any economic ~ Average customer combined
costs on participants, other than toilet ~ annual water, sewer and
repair costs for leaks discovered as a result ~~ electricity bill savings = $54.70.
of the use of the leak detection tablets.
Economic benefits are in the form of water,
energy and sewer bill reductions. With a
water savings of 19.6 gallons per day,
customers average over $54 in savings per
year.
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