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<br />Il.........;I....U I .w' I <br /> <br />.,i' <br /> <br />l.'ackp'oun4 <br /> <br />The Parker Water and Sanitation District (PWSD) provides water and wastewater services to <br />4500 single family equivalents (SFE's) in approximately 7500 acres of Northern Douglas <br />County. The district is located approximately five miles east of 1-25 on Cherry Creek and <br />approximately 20 miles south of Denver. The ultimate number of users is projected to be <br />23,000 SPE's. <br /> <br />PWSD's water needs are currently being met for the most part by Denver Basin Aquifer wells, <br />which currently only require chlorination for treatment. While the district has adequate <br />groundwater rights to last many years, this groundwater is not replenishable, therefore, the <br />district has begun a program of conjunctive use to augment its groundwater supply with a <br />renewable surface water ttansmission, storage and treatment project and with an extensive <br />wastewater reuse program. <br /> <br />Water use efficiency is an important component of PWSD's water supply planning. Reduced <br />water demands will decrease the amount of future water supply needs and, leaving more of a <br />finite and valuable re,o\n'ce to be shared among other water users. Water demand reduction will <br />also save tremendous amount of capital required to build water and wastewater treatment. <br />distribution, and collection facilities. <br /> <br />ConservatIon Measures <br /> <br />Parker Water and Sanitation District has a program to encourage its domestic, commercial, <br />industrial and public facilities customers to use water more efficiently, and will, not only <br />continue the program, but will strive to enhance it in the future. <br /> <br />The existing program includes: <br /> <br />1. Water-efficient jixrure.s <br /> <br />Through the Town of Parker's plumbing codes, the district requires all new and <br />replacement flush water closets. urinals. faucets and shower "....tls to he lnw w"t,,~ "ie-- - <br />fixtures, with 1.6 gallon per flush, 1 gpm urinals, and 2.5 gpm faucets and shower <br />heads, respectively at 80 psi. <br /> <br />2. Low-flow shower heads. <br /> <br />As a service to its customers. the district advertises and distributes free, 2.0 gpm low <br />flow shower heads. <br /> <br />3. Low-water lISe landscapes <br /> <br />The district encourages the use of low-water landscapes (xeriscapes) in all landscaping <br />projects. To promote this, it has constructed two xerlscape demonstntion projects in <br /> <br />Watsr Conservation Plan <br />ll:\lOOl\WI'liOIlOSlCONSBRV.PLN <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />