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<br />The Golf Course has taken measures to do efficient irrigation. For <br />example, during the drought summer of 2002 the Golf Course used about <br />the same amount of non-potable water from the Swan River as was used in <br />an average year. The Golf Course watered more days that year but with <br />less water than would be expected for a drought summer. The Golf <br />Course continues to improve its efficient irrigation and continues to reduce <br />water use. Examples include converting sod to natural grass, smaller spray <br />heads are used, and the use of more wetting agents. <br /> <br />Future measures include a draft xeriscape incentive this April from the <br />Planning Department for positive points for developers going through the <br />planning process for new construction. Also the Town Parks Department <br />is beginning to look at more efficient irrigation systems for its new or <br />replaced systems. <br /> <br />Cost Benefit: The Town's Xeriscape River project probably cost at least <br />$100,000. It saves the Town water and demonstrates efficient plants. The <br />Golf Course water savings expense reduces the water diverted from the <br />Swan River, and reduces costs for pumping and labor. The other code <br />incentives save water and costs for the Town and the customer. <br /> <br />3. Water efficient industrial and commercial processes <br /> <br />Tap fees for self-service car washes utilizing a recirculating system are <br />one half the tap fees of the non-recirculating type. <br /> <br />Cost Benefit: No cost to the Town. There is continuous water saving and <br />reduced cost for the customer if the recirculating option is chosen. <br /> <br />4. Water re-use systems <br /> <br />There are some water re-use systems for non-potable systems in or near <br />The Town. The Breckenridge Sanitation District reclamation facility in <br />Town was built upstream of the Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />minimum stream flow gauge to enhance stream flows during the winter in <br />the reach of the river downstream of Town. It uses its non-potable effluent <br />for landscape irrigation around the administration building. Eighty per- <br />cent of the snowmaking water for the Ski Area returns to the river as snow <br />melt in the spring and can be claimed for a second use as an augmentation <br />source for storing water in reservoirs for the ensuing snowmaking season. <br />A pump back at the Tarn reservoir is used to save water from going <br />downstream to optimize storage in the reservoir in the winter after <br />snowmaking releases. There is some discussion about a pump back to <br />maintain minimum flows in the river in the downtown area. <br />