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SECTION 3. CONSERVATION MEASURES Section 3.1 Role of Water Use Efficiency The Canon City Water Department desires that its customers understand the history, uses and value of water in Colorado. Realizing the difficulty of the task it faces, the Department accepts the challenge to educate its customers and disseminate information to the public so they may better appreciate the difficulty and complexity of water delivery systems as well as the valuable role of water in our ecosystem and economy. This is accomplished through continual availability of water education materials, Water Treatment Plant Tours, and presentations at the area schools. The Water Department is also currently considering a rate structure that will promote water conservation while being fair and customer friendly. The goal is to focus on a message to our customers that water conservation will bring them lower costs without reducing customer satisfaction. The affect of this water conservation program will be to reduce water use but it is unclear at this time how many acre-feet will be conserved as we are unable at this time to quantify the results. We are, however, hopeful that water consumption per capita or per unit will decrease in the future as a result of the mandating of the 1992 Energy Policy Act and the implementation of the overall water conservation plan. 3.2 Conservation Measures 1. Low Water Use Fixtures and Appliances The Water Department relies on the 1994 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) as enforced by the Colorado State Plumbing Inspector. The code requires all indoor water using fixtures, showerheads, toilets and faucets meet the requirements of the 1992 Energy Act. The Water Department will consider retrofitting all water fixtures and al22..liance~ j.n _thELC;;gnOn_~it~ r,j hrrlr~-OI anot~ing---DY-i-1GiHg.- -- - ---All -new water use fixtures and appliances will conform to the 1994 UPC standards. 2. Efficient Landscape Irrigation The City of Canon City is building a new police station (located on the valley floor) and will fund a public xeriscape garden at this location. The xeriscape garden will be used as a model show place for the public to view low water use landscape materials and get ideas that will aid them in saving water and money in the future. There are also plans to build a new Pre-treatment facility at the Water Treatment Plant which is located on top of a mesa. Future consideration will be given to developing a xeriscape garden at this location also due to the difference in the geological setting. 5