Castle Rock Teach by Example Application

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.- Town of Castle Rock 1992 Water Conservation Grant Application January 31, 1992 1. Provide a summary description of your proposed project, Be sure to provide a description of; the need for your project, how you would implement your project, and the participants in your project. SUMMARY: ''TEACH BY EXAMPLE" The thrust of this program is to give the residents of Castle Rock examples of water conserving households and landscapes as models for their own water conservation "make-over". The process for this is as follows: - Through an application process, select one home per pressure zone, or perhaps three throughout Town (depending on funds), to participate in a complete water conservation "make-over". Install the optimum conservation equipment, and water conserving techniques for home and landscape. Monitor each transformation in a step by step manner, listing all techniques and materials used, the costs involved, and water and energy savings achieved. Data collection will be accomplished by an historical comparison of water usage for each specific account through utility billing records, and by careful monitoring of usage throughout the application of methods and measures. Depending on the technique being isolated, meter readings may be taken hourly, daily, and monthly. Advertise the results for each specific zone and horne, so they can be duplicated by other residential customers, Time projections for when the more expensive retrofit procedures will be cost effective will be calculated. The cost analysis of the water and dollar savings caused by conservation will be prepared for public release. The emphasis of this project is twofold; to "show" the residents of Castle Rock how they can implement water conservation measures easily and not necessarily expensively; and then "show" them how they can realize the savings for themselves and their community. Present residents with an example showing that water conservation pays off, To promote the general public to conserve water, the idea that the "cause" of conserving water yields the "effect" of reducing their water bills should be stressed. To coalesce the ideas of water conservation and money savings, actual case scenarios can be used which reflect use and costs prior to conservation measure implementation, and after conservation measure implementation, The correlation between individual water savings as it translates to savings for the municipality as a whole will be highlighted as well, NEED FOR THE PROJECT: - The source of water supply for the Town is from tributary and non-tributary wells located in the area. Pumping into the system from ground water sources satisfies