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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS
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<br />INTRODUCTION .....,'...........,.......,....,..,...........,.......,.."..'.......'......................,...,............................... 2
<br />GOAL STATEMENT .....................................,..'.......,.........,..........'..,'................................,..........,.......... 2
<br />BACKGROUND.....................................................,...........................................................,......:......... 3
<br />Thornton's Water Supply...,..,........,....,...............,...,...,......,..".........................................,..., ......".... 3
<br />Availability and Storage,.............,..",........... '............,..............,.."..'.................................,.......'......, 3
<br />Water Service Area and Demand...............,...,..,...,......,......,.........,...,.........,.........,.....,..,...'.............., 3
<br />Treatment and Distribution Facilities.."......,..........,......"..,...,.."..,...,..,.....,.."..",......,...,......."...,...,.. 4
<br />DESCRIPTION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS ...................................................................................5
<br />Thornton Water Service Area" ...,.....,...... ...... '..... ..,.. .....,.....,'..,.... '......... .................. ,.., ...........,......... 5
<br />Land Uses/Customer Classes ..'......."...,,'..........,...,..'..............,........'...'..,........'..,,'.............. ,..........., 5
<br />DEMANDS BY CUSTOMER CLASS............................................................................................................ 6
<br />Single-Family Demands....,.....................,................,..............,......................................................... 6
<br />Multi-Family and Mobile Home Demands ..,...,...,'................'......,..........................'...'..,'.."......,'..,... 6
<br />Commercial Industrial & Institutional Demands ,..,..,.......................................,'..,'..........,................ 6
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<br />Irrigation Account Demands.,........,....,...,...,...,...,.."....,.".......,..,............,...,...........,..".."......"..,...... 7
<br />Other Accounts..............,.................,....................,...,...,..,....,........... ...............,...,..'..'...........,.......... 7
<br />THORNTON'S ANNuAL RESIDENTIAL WATER USE .................................................................................. 7
<br />THORNTON'S EXISTING WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM .................................................................... 8
<br />Leak Detection and Repair/Unaccountedfor Water (1)...............,....................,.................................' 8
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<br />Sysiem-wide Metering (2)...,............,.....,..".."..........,....,.................,...,.......,...,....,.."..........".."...,.." 9
<br />Xeriscape Demonstration Garden (3) ,'.......,......,...,'..,,'. "..."........,.....'.......'...'..,'..,...........,........,..,... 9
<br />Public Education (4) ...'.......'...........,.... .............'........'...., ........,..".........'...........'...........,........'..,...... 9
<br />Pricing (5) ...., .......... ........... ....................,...,...............,...,......'.............................. ............................ 9
<br />Conservation and System-Wide Emergency Regulations (6),..,..."...........,........................................ 10
<br />Conservation Coordination (7),...,.........,............,..".."...,...,.."..".......,..............,.,.."".............".,..,. 10
<br />Non-Potable Water Use (8)..,......,..."",."..,........,..,..,...,.,....."..,..."...........,..,........".,....,...,...,....,..,. 10
<br />WATER CONSERVATION PRACTICES EVALUATED BY THORNTON .......................................................... 11
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<br />Residential Swveys.........,............ ...................,'..'..............., ...'..............,...,.......,...,..... ................... 12
<br />Descriptioo..................................................................................................................................................12
<br />Water Savings .............................................................................................................................................12
<br />Residential Ultra Low Flush Toilet Retrofit Program....................................,......,....,.......,.............. 12
<br />Description............................................................................................................................,..........0..........12
<br />Water Savings from lJLF Retrofits...............................................................................................................12
<br />Residential Plumbing Retrofits.,......................,.....,............,.........."............ ....'......".. .....,........'...... 12
<br />Description..................................................................................................................................................12
<br />Water Savings from Plumbing Retrofits ....................................................................................................... 13
<br />Large Landscape Conservation Programs and Incentives.....,.....................................,.................... 13
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<br />Water Savings from Landscape Audits ......................................................................................................... I 3
<br />High EffICiency Washing Machine Rebates....,...,.......................,................,...,.........................,...... 13
<br />Description..................................................................................................................................................13
<br />Water Savings from High Efficiency Wasbing Macbines..............................................................................13
<br />School Education Programs...........,..........,...,...........,......,....,.............."....,..,...".."......."...,..,....".. 14
<br />Conservation Programs fOr Commercial, Industrial and Institutional (Cll) Accounts....................... 14
<br />IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ..................................................'................................................................... 15
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