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<br />Through intensive conservation .-...:: estimiites' the annual . water'
<br />eff9rts~;~e towntif ,-c:astle ~~k ,charge for the 10.4 million gallons
<br />has'Sav~ :!J1ore!JtllIl ,J~ millIon' 'saved wollld have been $15,500. '-
<br />gallons' of: - water ovet'the past In addition i'the' infrastructure '
<br />Y~!U"o"'V.~:C~.'> ;:,:':~!-~< )':', ~needed to produce 'that amount of
<br />, . .Las(y~;'\b.e'to~ ,council is~,;deep groundwater' bas an, initial
<br />sued a directive to.thedepartmen~, cost.to the town of approximately,
<br />of parks and recreation to reduce $50,000, Boand wrote in a recent
<br />t water consumption by 30 percent. ',rnemoto the council,' .' ,
<br />I . " 'This mea~t .cut!ing back on howl:' Bu~ the greate~t savin, .gs, Boand
<br />muclt.'~ater-_was used pn public ~ote, are.l\SSOC!ate? WIth ~e .Ill-
<br />parks; Sports fields, landscaped Urnate cost of replacmg 1 9 million .
<br />-_~ . - - u -openspace;roaaway memans and -'plus--gaIlonrof WllleI, With are-
<br />.the grounds of pu):Jlic' buildings, newable supply of water. That eX-
<br />The conservation prograii1 con_pense wollld run the to~n abo';lt '
<br />centrated on 12 ,primary.&i'eas in-$250,OOO-: .a~.conservative. em-
<br />the'town,cand efforts'yielded a 42:,~teJl7Cordingto Boand,
<br />percent 'Savings ,over theamouni. ~e 1IlllIlY other Front .Range .
<br />of water used ill" those areas ,in, : CIties and, towns areclainonng for
<br />1989, "r': ," i '",;, ..,:,:.projects-thatwillpr<;>vide a larger
<br />"N~t.~p1y;did the', plan -put. the.supplY,for ,,~eir ,water-h.un~
<br />brakes 'Op. -thewasteofa precIOUS poplllanons, Castle .Rock IS In-
<br />re~~iItce; it saved ~oney - what in stead finding ways, to ,make the
<br />~sday and age IS another pre- water it already has go further.
<br />CIOUS resource. - . , ' . '" ' ,This success should.be encour-
<br />, M~yor Steve :BOiinil "':who au- aging to citizens and inspire them
<br />thored the conservation Ordinance to do tj:Jeir part as well.
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