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<br />a. Water-efficient fixtures and appliances, including toilets, urinals, showerheads, <br />and faucets. <br />b. Low water-use landscapes and efficient irrigation. <br />c. Water-efficient industrial and commercial water-using processes. <br />d. Water reuse systems, both potable and non-potable. <br />e, Distribution system leak repair. <br />f Dissemination of information regarding water use efficiency measures, including <br />by public education, customer water use audits, and water-saving <br />demonstrations. <br />g. Water rate structures designed to encourage water use efficiency in a fiscally <br />responsible manner. <br />h. Regulatory measures, including standards for the use of water use efficiency <br />fixtures and landscapes, and ordinances, codes, and other laws designed to <br />encourage water use efficiency. <br />i. Incentives to implement water use efficiency techniques, including rebates to <br />customers or others to encourage the installation of water use efficiency <br />measures. <br /> <br />3. The water conservation plan shall contain a section stating the municipality's best <br />judgment of the role of the plan in the water supply planning process. <br /> <br />4. The municipality shall publish a draft plan, give public notice of the plan, make the <br />plan publicly available, and solicit comments from the public for a period of not <br />less than sixty days after the date on which the draft plan is made publicly <br />available. <br /> <br />5, The municipality may adopt changes to the plan at any time, Any proposed <br />changes must be made publicly available in draft form and the public must be <br />provided an opportunity to comment on the changes before they are adopted. <br /> <br />Inventory <br /> <br />C~)In]Jiling an inventory of !.h~ _c~n:ep!. ~ate! sUJlJlI)' facil[t[es_ a.!l~ water deman~s js_ th_e first <br />step in developing a conservation plan. An inventory of the City's existing water supply <br />system is provided in the next section of this report. <br /> <br />Existing Water Supply System <br /> <br />The City currently operates fourteen wells within the City limits (see Figure I). The <br />service area is generally limited to the corporate limits. The current water system has <br />developed over the years to serve residential, commercial and industrial users, Relatively <br />shallow groundwater has always been the source of water. Additional wells and <br />distribution lines have been added to meet the increasing demand. The City has an <br />adequate groundwater supply to meet existing demands and additional demands in the <br />near future, <br /> <br />5 <br />