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10 G. Water rate structnres designed to enconrage water use efficiency in a fiscally responsible manner. I I I I I I I I I I I I I J J Customers are currently charged according to a uniform rate structure, although in 1996 the City began phasing in a seasonal rate structure, starting with the City's largest water customers. This rate structure should be fully implemented within 5 years, The Citizens Water Conservation Committee, and the general public (during the Water Resources Plaoning effort) expressed substantial support for rate structures which encourage conservation, The City's water delivery system has been fully metered since the 1940s. Studies have shown that metering reduces water consumption by nearly 20%. H, Regulatory measnres, including standards for the use of water efficient fixtures and landscapes; and ordinances, codes or other law designed to enconrage water use and efficiency, Pressure regulation was mandated on all domestic service lines in the 1970s. Such regulation has been shown to reduce domestic water consumption by approximately 6%. In general, City code conforms to the standards of EP Act of 1992. I. Incentives to implement water use efficiency techniques, including rebates to customers or to enconrage the installation of water use efficiency measnres. The Citizens Water Conservation Committee studied incentives to encourage water efficient behavior in some depth. It was their recommendation that incentives not be included in the next tier of conservation measures, in that the cost to savings ratio was not nearly as favorable as those measures selected for immediate implementation. The single exception was rain sensors; although the Committee did feel that incentives could be other than monetary - such as seminars and landscape assistance at the Demonstration Garden, -