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<br />'''~"!,'i-l""u.r.....,...,....--''~: ":'1!.::o'..l'IN~i:#tt.~~~.';"'"-''\Jt~~-Ii:.r~.2l.:L''''''~!1:!>'I't.....d.<.s,.;,:v-'"''t>'~':r~''''-'''"'''''''_~1'''...........,_~~~~:._..;~ ., '~'"""~~~...,...~~..~ <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />The 6 % figure is arrived at by conferring with other Front Range water utilities that are <br />10.0% metered, and by estimating the amount of water use by our non-metered customers. <br />As both the, metering and leak detection programs progress, not only will system losses <br />decrease; estimates for remaining losses will be more accurate. <br /> <br />2. Perform an audit of indoor water use at City-owned facilities. and install more water- <br />efficient plumbine: fixtures. where determined to be cost-effective. <br /> <br />Work on this measure has not begun yet. During 1995, staff will formulate an audit plan <br />and, depending upon the amount of work deemed necessary and appropriate, either complete <br />the audit by staff, or estimate the amount of money required to hire a consultant and/or <br />contractual workers and propose it for the 1996 budget. In both cases, the audit will include <br />recommended plumbing fixture changes, the cost for which will be proposed for the <br />following year's budget. <br /> <br />3. By the end of 1994. install meters on all City department water taps. and assess 1.0.0% of <br />the associated water and wastewater charges, Additionally. assess City departments that <br />rent water at 10.0% of the current rental rate. " <br /> <br />By the end of 1994, all City department taps were metered and entered on the accounting <br />system. This was a very time-consuming and expensive process, involving the installation <br />of more than lOa meters on existing services. <br /> <br />An additional component of this measure is that the applicable City departments be assessed <br />100% of the accrued water and wastewater charges. In practice, this involves transferring <br />funds from general services revenues (collected from city sales tax) to the water utility <br />revenues. This element of the measure was reevaluated by the City Manager's office, out <br />of concern for its financial impact on the general services budget. As a result, the decision <br />was made to take a longer-than-stipulated period of time to reach compliance. <br /> <br />For 1994, it was decided to collect $1 15",QQO_ wortl1_ q,f chM~e~QlLCi1.)'-department-water.and- <br />- - - - - - wastewater-accouiits~-ffie current strategy is to gradually increase the dollar amount and <br />number of City accounts being billed each year, including raw water rental, until full <br />compliance is reached, During 1995, it is planned to collect $14.0,.0.0.0 from these accounts, <br />as compared to the estimated total of $325,.0.0.0 for water, wastewater, and raw water rental. <br /> <br />4. Institute a more ae:gressive. comprehensive and visible public education campaign on water <br />conservation. <br /> <br />To fulfill this measure, an emphasis continues to be placed on those activities that are <br />"aggressive, comprehensive and visible". That has been a goal for the past three years. <br />The objective has been to focus on those activities which reach the largest number of people <br />and/or have the greatest water-savings potential per unit of time spent. One example of this <br />is the Children's Water Festival, held for the first time in 1992, and now an annual event: <br /> <br />2 <br />