Pitkin Toilet Retrofit Final Report

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. The County should have had a Pitkin County staff person act as contract administrator who would monitor the project and be involved with the Subcontractor on a regular basis. Verification that data was collected and recorded should have been required at the beginning ofthe project as well as on a regular basis, since data not collected at the beginning of the project could not be reconstructed. This would have kept the lines of communication open and all parties involved would have been aware of the status of the grant. By the time the County was aware of the non-compliance, it was too late to remedy the situation without applying for a grant extension. The late knowledge of non-compliance meant it was also too late to collect important data. Some water records had been destroyed or lost by City or Town Water Depts. Since the target area included resort communities, with a sometimes transient population, many participants had moved from the area or to another address and could not be located. A close monitoring by the County of how and when data collection was done may have prevented this. Results: . We believe that a lot of publicity was generated for our specific program and water conservation in general. The Subcontractor worked with other entities, such as Holy Cross Electric, on a joint program to provide hot water heater blankets. Significant community awareness was generated The Subcontractor also worked with the Town of Snowmass Village on its toilet rebate program which encouraged replacement of older toilets by giving rebates of up $125 to residents who bought and installed 1.6 gallon per flush toilets. The Town's records indicate 31 toilets were installed in 1995, 32 toilets in 1996, and 9 toilets through April of 1997. Valuable data was collected, and although the target of 300 toilets proposed by the Subcontractor was not nearly met, useful data is included in this report. Other households and participants may have been reached through the outreach and publicity, even though they were not included in the data collection. . Pitkin County has continued its efforts to promote water conservation in various other ways. As part of an agreement with the Town of Snowmass Village, Snowmass Water & Sanitation District and Pitkin County regarding ski area expansion and use of water for snowmaking, both the County and the Local Water District committed to comply with Article 1.3, Title 9, Colorado Revised Statutes which establishes maximum water use for toilets, showerheads and faucets. The County also insured that the Water District require installation of water meters on new construction and to institute a public awareness program recommending water conserving techniques. In addition, the County adopted the National Plumbing Standards, which are more specific and more restrictive that the Colorado Statutes, as part of the County Building Regulations. 6