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<br />'l <br />I <br />I <br />\ <br />HI <br />I <br /> <br />CITY OF CORTEZ WATER CONSERVATION PLAN <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The City of Cortez has had a full history of dealing with water issues in its 100- <br />plus years of existence. A secure water supply that will serve our population for the next <br />30 to 40 years has been acquired and the City will continue to look at ways to further <br />extend that supply. <br /> <br />Water conservation is a means for the City to extend its water supply to serve <br />more residents in the future, merely by being more efficient in the way water is utilized. <br />For example, the City's per capita consumption of 300 gallons per capita per day (gped) <br />could potentially be dropped to 270 gped which would allow water for an additional 1500 <br />people, <br /> <br />An equal benefit of water conservation is that if the demand on water supplies <br />can be lessened, especially during peak summer use, the City's infrastructure will not <br />have to be upgraded as soon. Significant savings can be realized by delaying major <br />construction for several years. <br /> <br />2 <br />