My WebLink
|
Help
|
About
|
Sign Out
Home
Browse
Search
Aspen 1997 WCPlan
CWCB
>
Water Conservation
>
Backfile
>
Aspen 1997 WCPlan
Metadata
Thumbnails
Annotations
Entry Properties
Last modified
7/27/2011 11:40:37 AM
Creation date
9/30/2006 9:02:19 PM
Metadata
Fields
Template:
Water Conservation
Project Type
Water Conservation Plan
Project Name
City of Aspen Water Conservation Plan
Title
Water Conservation Element Water Management Plan
Date
1/28/1997
County
Pitkin
Water Conservation - Doc Type
Complete Plan
Document Relationships
Aspen 1997 WCPlan Approval Ltr
(Message)
Path:
\Water Conservation\Backfile
Aspen 1997 WCPlan Implmtn Plan
(Message)
Path:
\Water Conservation\Backfile
Aspen 1997 WCPlan Proof of Notice
(Message)
Path:
\Water Conservation\Backfile
There are no annotations on this page.
Document management portal powered by Laserfiche WebLink 9 © 1998-2015
Laserfiche.
All rights reserved.
/
44
PDF
Print
Pages to print
Enter page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas. For example, 1,3,5-12.
After downloading, print the document using a PDF reader (e.g. Adobe Reader).
Show annotations
View images
View plain text
<br />inclusion in the program. It is likely that this will result in a combination of supply projects and <br />conservation measures. <br /> <br />Projects and programs involving City facilities were also given priority over customer-based water <br />conservation projects. Public awareness of the extensive amount of water leakage in the water <br />distribution system makes it a prerequisite for the City to establish a strong track record for the <br />ability to manage the system up to' modern water system standards before requesting behavior <br />changes from its customers. <br /> <br />In addition to having control of the raw water supply and potable distribution system, the City itself <br />is the largest water customer, principally for park and open space irrigation. The City desires to set <br />an example for the use of raw water wherever feasible, as well as setting an example for water use <br />efficiency at City facilities and parks. <br /> <br />3.2 Additional Program Elements <br />a) Water Rate Structures-- <br />The City will re-evaluate the current definition of "extraordinary" water use for both the <br />winter and summer months based on customer usage data. The goal of this evaluation will <br />be to set more realistic definitions based on actual use patterns of various classes of <br />customers and to provide for cost recovery recognizing the economics of water development <br />where unit costs begin to rise. <br /> <br />Revision of this definition is intended to be "revenue neutral." In other words, placing a <br />higher number of customers paying a higher unit cost of water for "extraordinary" water use <br />will be offset by a corresponding decrease in the unit cost of service for those customers <br />using less water thereby providing an. incentive to save. An alternative to providing a <br />revenue neutral rate structure is to increase consumption rates on extraordinary water use to <br />pay for the added cost of water conservation measures. <br /> <br />The price elasticity of water in the Aspen service area is not known and there is little. <br />experience to go on in terms of what effects higher unit costs of water would do to alter <br />. wateL demand JOL those c.ustomers_ who ,use .disproportionately -more, water. - There-are a <br />number of factors that make it difficult to project, including the relatively high percentage <br />of absentee owners using property management services and the resulting small number of <br />bills mailed in proportion to the number of customers served. <br /> <br />b) <br /> <br />EducationIDissemination of lnfonnation-- <br />When the City of Aspen realized the extent of water being wasted through leaks in the water <br />system, it was decided that the City needed to "get its own house in order" before expecting <br />the. community to become water-use conscious. For that reason, our consumer education <br />program was put on hold while the City focused onits leak repair program. With significant <br />progress on this program in 1995 and 1996, (a reduction of unaccounted-for water from 50% <br /> <br />16 <br />
The URL can be used to link to this page
Your browser does not support the video tag.