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<br />Table 5: Denver Water Cost Benefit Analysis <br /> <br /> Residential Residential <br /> Average Account Account <br /> Denver Water with with <br /> Residential Moderate Maximum <br /> Account Conservation ' Conservation 2 <br />Hiqh summer water use 780 qpd 560 qpd 359 qpd <br />Low winter water use 221 qpd 199 qpd 181 qpd <br />Annual water use 152.052 aal. 109,477 qal. 69.939 qal. <br />Annual water bill 3 $192.00 $135.00 $82.50 <br />Annual sewer bill $157.68 $142.02 $129.18 <br />Gallons per toilet flush 4.5 qpf 2.5 qpf 1. 6 qpf <br />Gallons per minute 4.0 gpm 2.5 gpm 2.5 gpm <br />shower rate <br />Gallons per laundrv load 45 aal. 45oal. 20oal. <br />Type of Landscaping 90 % of yard is 65% of yard is tall 35% of yard is Buffalo <br /> Kentucky Bluegrass, Fescue, remainder is Grass, remainder is <br /> remainder is xeriscape, flowerbeds, xeriscape, flowerbeds, <br /> flowerbeds, shrubs, shrubs, groundcovers, shrubs, groundcovers, <br /> & 2 mature trees & 2 mature trees & 2 mature trees <br />Hours per week on 1 .5 hours/week 1.75 hours/week 1 ,5 hours/week <br />landscape maintenance + 5 hours once/vear + 4 hours once/vear + 5 hours once/vear <br />Method of Irrigation Automatic sprinkler Automatic sprinkler Manual irrigation <br /> system - no rainfall system with no soil <br /> or soil moisture moisture sensor <br /> sensor <br />Total water applied 82,108 gal. 59,11 8 gal. 37.767 gal. <br />during 26-week growing <br />season <br /> <br />1 Assumes low flow showerhead, toilet dam. or flow restrictor. <br />2 Assumes low flow showerhead, UL V toilet. and horizontal axis clothes washer. <br />3 Based on 1997 costs. <br /> <br />water Conservation Plan - City of Fountain <br /> <br />page 13 <br />