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INTRODUCTION The Colorado State Services Building is located at 1525 Shennan Street This building now houses the Department of Administration and the Department of Law, This facility has recently been renovated, and has now been reoccupied, The building was taken out of service toward the end of 1990, and was under construction for the next year and a half, Construction was completed in 1992 with State offices moving back into the building after Labor Day, The restroom facilities on each of the eight floors are similar in configuration, Men's restrooms have three toilets, two urinals and three sinks. Women's restrooms are equipped with four toilets and three sinks, There is also a basement, a sub-basement and the penthouse mechanical room on top of the building, A 650 ton cooling tower is located on this building that supplies cooling to about half of the State Capital Complex, There are now approximately 415 full time employees working in the State Services Building, Prior to remodeling, about 515 employees worked there, A small cafeteria was located in the basement prior to the remodel, which has been replaced by a larger one located on the main floor, There are landscaped areas adjacent to this building plus landscaping at neighboring properties that receive water from this facility, Eddie Hernandez and Jim Reed of Denver Water visited this facility on December 15,1992 to obtain infonnation regarding water use, Richard Lebsock and Chris Bridges provided infonnation about water use, EXISTING WATER CONSUMPTION The State Services Building receives its water from Denver Water, supplied through a single tap and meter, This meter is read monthly, Water consumption data for 1989,1990, 1991 and 1992 is listed in Table 1 and presented graphically in Figure L Ian Feb Mar Apr May lun lul Aug Sap Oct Nov Dee ToT 1989 271 209 219 304 317 319 599 518 379 353 252 243 3983 1990 248 240 242 304 345 493 559 471 471 356 155 37 3921 1991 66 84 63 42 92 129 255 218 157 110 12 5 1233 1992 2 13 12 6 358 100 129 215 292 229 30 251 1637 TABLE 1 Water Use (1000 gal.)