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DEC 26 '96 l0:33AM AQUASAN NETWORK INC P.10 .. FUTURE ADDITIONAL WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES Tailoring a water conservation program for Englewood, has required an understanding of its demographics and water use to determine the benefits 'and costs of conservation programs. Traditionally, one of the most important benefits of water conservation programs has been the deferral or downsizing of capital facilities and costs associated with growth. . As the City has sufficient water and capacity exists to meet its projected future average day and peak demands and no large capital facilities are presently envisioned, the benefits of water conservation are more associated with reduced operational costs, e.g., chemical provisions for water and wastewater treatment. Thus, it is the intent of the City's programs to reduce overwatering, inefficient watering, and leaks by initially encouraging voluntary water conselVation through the application of water conseIVing measures on City owned facilities to set an example. Education, voluntary action and City assessment assistance are the initial spearheads of our conservation program as we believe that because of the age of the City's buildings that many of the fixtures, appliances and landscaping will be changed with little public financial incentive. The City also believes that conselVation efforts of other metropolitan cities that have significant investment in and benefits from conservation efforts will help promote the City of Englewood's program. For each conservation measure considered, the City has estimated the affected population or number ofaccounts by multiplying total population of the service area (accounts) by the projected population influenced by the measure. This factor is the market penetration times the installation rate. The market penetration is the percentage of the customer class that receives the measure. The installation rate is the percentage of those customers who actually install the device or implement the measure, The combined effect is attributable to who pays for the devices and to the measures design, promotion, current use, applicable regulations, incentives and acceptability. The estimated benefits are developed by multiplying average savings in water and wastewater ,____ _ __utili~~----------------- --- --- ---- ------- - . Costs for each measure is based on experience of other utilities and are estimated costs only. Public Education Program (explll).ded by developing additional school related programs) Advanced Plumbing Code :' Exoanded Public Education Proe:ram Englewood ConsefVslion Plan Page 9