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DailY~J~:~~~":- Press "':' .;~.-~'--:-_' ~ ...~;.;., " SATURDAY, JULY 13,1991 2S cents Townsav.~s 10 million gallons with its water conservation program / By Laura High News Press Writ6T Since the implementation of a wate{ conservation' plan in June of 1990. the town of Castle Rock has saved 10.4 million gallons of water. That's enough to provide waler to'SO households. which is about eqUallO the town's yearly growth, according to Mayor Steve Boand That amoUnt of water would have cost the town about $15.500 in annual water charaes. But Boand added that when operating and maintenance costs were added in. the amount saved by the program was closer to $300,000. "It is real money we're ~, about," Boand said. The town accomplished this feat by reducing water use in irrigated pUblic areas such as parks and on street landscaping, and in other ar. eas where the town is responsible (Ot paying the water bin. The conservation program coo- cenlrated on 12 areas, and the re- sulting savings is equal to about 42 percent of the water used in those areas in 1989. The areas are: Founders Park and North Enderud StreelSCape; Castle Rock Ballfield$: Cenlennial Park: - upper and lower ballfie1ds and the lennis court area; Castle Rock Community Recreation Ccn- . ~ CilSJ.\e North ~; the north -, ..,..' -." , end of the Intcrstal.e 25 island i.rri- gaUon; Triangle Parle; IraCI G of Baldwin Park; Glo~ Tot Lot; and the Castle Rock Maintenance Shop. Of these areas, the largest per. cenlage of savings by area was the maintenance shop which went from using 115,()(X) gallons of water in 198910 21.000-gallans in 1990. But by far the most significant walet savings occurred in the Founders Park. area. In 1989, 16,393,300 gallons of water were used. en 1m, water use dropped to 9,030,000. That represents a sav- ings of 7,363.300 gallons of water SeeVVATER,page3 Water: Conservation program saves town 10 million gallons, big money Continued rrom page 1 This will deiliy the town having decide !he experiment was success- Of 70.8 percent of the total saved. to pay for the expansion of existing fuI, the council will consider "I think we did a good job on facilities in order to accommodate putting the whole town on the this project," Boand said. He also growth. modified schedule next year. lauded the Parks and Recreation The council was so encouraged After not having any kind of Department, in particular Cun by the positive effects of the pro- comprehensive water plan for WiUiams and Bruff Shea, for their gram - on the suggestion of Roger years, Castle Rock has become one waIt. Payne - it has decided 10 re-exam- of the more progressive commwli- '"The department worked hard to me the possibility of going to a lies in the Denver metro area for implement the intent of the water four-day watering schedule. . water conservation. conservation ordinance by making "We're wasting water by water- "It's a snowball economic im- substantive changes in their ap- ing every three days," Payne said. pact and it's one of the best ways . proach to water management," "I know the ubhl1es department the Iown can use its resources to be Boand said in a memo 10 the Iown night be loathe to lose the revenue, competitive," Boand said. , _ ----counciL--- _ _ __ -~ -- - - --but~flg-watef--weTI-never - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Specifically, water savings were have again." achieved by: Bu! Town Manager Ron - Not watering larger parks on Mitchell said when the four-day Fri~y or ~alurday nights. This schedule had been proposed in lhe a~oided havmg valves stuck open pas!, the utilities departmenl per- an day SatW'day and Sunday. sonnel thought it might cause con- - Installation of Mini ClicKs - fusion because nearby Denver was min shutoff devices - on 80 percent on a three-d::1y schedule. of the'town's irrigation systems. Because of that difference - Receiving and analyzing Mitchell said it was his under~ timely water bills for irrigated ar- standing lhat the utilities depart- cas, The town was ab~e 10. identify !Denl thought this may result in an abnonnal water use sltuatlons and mcrease of water use violations. locale leaks that may not have sur- The council then decided to try facedforlo~gerperiodsoftime. a 9O-day trial run of the four-day - Watenng schedules were ad- schedule on a small piece of public jusled after each large rainfall ground - probably Triangle Park at avoiding unnecessary watering. State Highway 86 and Gilbert - Different twf zones were Streel identified and evaluated to estab- "Now that we've proven that we lish different levels of watering. can make some savings, maybe it But Boand said the mOSI im- needs to be taken a step further," portant poinl of the program's suc- said Shea, director of the parks and cess was that a permanent reduc- recreation department. tian in water demand via conserva- In addition, Payne and possibly tion allows the IOwn to sesvice some other council members are more customers with the facilities going to apply for use by special currently in place. review permits 10 try !he four-day schedule on their personal propeny. as welt I, Afrer 90 days they will also re- port back 1O..tl1e..CO~~ Il!I:d. if they