Golden 1996 WCPlan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: City of Golden Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 7/1/1996
• County: Jefferson
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

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VIII. Regulatory measures, including standards for the use of water use efficiency fixtures
and landscapes, and ordinances, codes or other law designed to encourage water use
efficiency;

In addition to the City Building Codes and the Planning Department's Site Development
Regulations, Golden has an ordinance that includes water and waste water regulations. These
regulations specify the owners responsibility to provide maintenance and repair to their service
lines to prevent leaks and subsequent water waste. (See copy). Consideration will be given to
the idea of treating leaking irrigation systems in a similar way, if a significant problem is
demonstrated to exist.

IX. Incentives to implement water use efficiency techniques, including rebates to
customers or others to encourage the installation of water use efficiency measures.

By definition here, "incentives" means a monetary gain or a product. At this time, there are no
incentive programs in place that offer rebates or products as a means of encouraging customers to
install water use efficiency measures.

There is, however, a plan under consideration by Environmental Services to give City
recognition to businesses in the community that exhibit an environmental conscience in their
management policies. One of several ways to earn recognition as a "green business" would be to
use water conservative measures in their operations. This plan focuses on businesses only.

DROUGHT PLANNING

One important issue currently being addressed by the City of Golden is drought planning. Even
though Golden has extensive water rights to Clear Creek, there is no guarantee that it will remain
unaffected in a period of drought. At this point in time Golden's two reservoirs, the Upper and
Lower Urad, consist of 588 acre feet of water. Plans are in progress to construct Guanella
Reservoir, near Empire, to increase the existing water storage capacity by an additional 1500
acre feet. This is projecLed Lo ,,,: completed by the ye<1J. 2005. No dty-wide protocol has bccn
established to respond to a situation that would require water rationing. This is a priority in the
continuation of the City's water conservation plan.

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