Water Conservation Grant Program Report

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1993 Grant Recipients . Divide County: Teller Funding: $15,000 Start: 1211193 Status: On-going The project goals include: increasing customer awareness of the effects of metering, reduction of overall water usage, and extending the useful life of the' water system, and to collecting data for evaluation of futnre projects. Low-flow toilets, fancets and showerheads will be installed in the residences to be metered. Business and public facilities will also be metered, The district has purchased approximately $1,550 in water meters. The water meters bave been installed and bave been used to mea- sure the water usage of ten users on a weekly basis. The district is still in the process of receiving commilIDent from its users to accept and install the low flow fixtures. It appears that three of the ten users already bave their own water conservation devices. The devices for the other users will be installed by year end of 1995. Data is presently being collected on the water usage. Division of Wildlife County: South Platte River Basin Funding: $41,500 Start: 7/15/92 Status: Completed The Colorado Division of Wildlife, using the South Platte River Watershed, produced a teacher training workshop to expand the scope of the successful Rivers of Colorado Water Watch NelwOIk curriculum to address the historical and social issues of water use and the role of conservation as a resource management tool, while also incorporating National Project Wet activities in the curriculum, The expanded project I) provides the historical framework within which water use decisions bave been made in Colorado, 2) outlines the legal and political systems which govern water use in the state, 3) encourages individual and community actions which would both conserve water and insure water quality for the futnre, 4) promotes water conservation measures as an essential component of long- range planning options to manage an over-appropriated resource and 5) develops skills to communicate effectively about water values and water issues. The South Platte curriculum has generated a lot of excitement. School report doubling and tripling emollment in courses about the South Platte River. The curriculum has also received nationwide inquiry. The Colorado Science Initiative believes this prOgtlllIl is on the cutting edge, providing real-life application for student learning. Empire County: Clear Creek Fnnding: $8,300 Start: 1211/93 Status: On-going The project goals included: increasing customer awareness of the effects of metering; reduction of overall water usage; and extending the useful life of the water system and collecting data for evaluation of futnre projects. The project consists of metering and retrofitting the community of Empire with low-flow fixtnres. This project will include metering residential, business and public facilities. The Town of Empire has bad some difficulties in contracting for meter installations, Until the fall of 1995, Empire has not been able to obtain a contractor because of its location and the relatively small number of meters to be installed, In the mean time, a letter from the mayor to the townspeople and water conservation tips have gone out in each month's water bills, Distribution of water saving devices should begin after meter installations are complete. A local student is developing a computerized record-keeping system to analyze flows,