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<br />I <br />1 <br />, <br />1 <br />I <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />1-3 <br /> <br />SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS <br /> <br />Chapter 2 provides an overview of the Colorado Conservation Act requirements and <br />discusses the Douglas County proposed water conservation resolution, which has not yet been <br />promulgated by the County Commissioners. Both of these documents require the development <br />of a water conservation program as an integral part of water management planning. This study <br />meets the requirements of the Colorado Conservation Act. <br /> <br />Chapter 3 provides an overview of historical water demand and wastewater flows. Using <br />1990 Census data for Douglas County and recent water and wastewater data from Centennial <br />Water and Sanitation District, new use factors were developed and new projections were made. <br />This analysis detennined that interior water usage is about 80 gallons per capita day (gpcd) and <br />that the population density averages about 2.8 people per household. Based on the last four <br />years, growth within the District's service boundaries averages about 900 single family <br />equivalent (SFE) taps per year. (An SFE tap is used to nonnalize all residential, industrial, and <br />commercial taps into equivalent 3/4-inch residential taps for planning purposes.) <br /> <br />The new water and wastewater projections are based on average SFE use correlated to <br />monthly water demand and wastewater flow records for the past four years. These projections <br />should be reviewed and updated every three to five years. <br /> <br />In Chapter 4, water supply issues relevant to the development of a water conservation <br />program are reviewed. Key features include the District's aquifer storage recovery program and . <br />augmentation plans. Conservation as an alternative source of supply is also discussed. <br /> <br />The study lays out the process of developing an expanded conservation plan in Chapter 5. <br />An extensive list of conservation measures is reviewed, and a short list of measures is <br />recommended for further evaluation. Also included in this chapter is a summary of the public <br />survey on water service and conservation issues. In general, consumers gave the District high <br />marks for service, price, and quality. In addition, consumers also showed a high level of <br />mtetesf in expanding conservation acfiviueSin-thefr-nomes and throughout out the- coninunJ.tY. <br /> <br />Chapter 6 reviews the current water conservation promoting rate structure. and the <br />use-based wastewater rates that were introduced in Aprill993. Based on ongoing surveys of <br />local water providers, water rates for Highlands Ranch are comparable with the rates of other <br />water providers in the southwest portion of the metropolitan area. <br /> <br />Chapter 7 provides a detailed evaluation of the benefits and costs of conservation <br />measures selected in Chapter 5 for further study. A final list of measures is developed for <br />implementation. <br /> <br />In Chapter 8, an implementation plan is developed that takes into account other water <br />management factors such as capital improvement planning. <br /> <br />ZI-6657 <br />