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.J ~ San Miguel County (Cont'd) A landscape consultant has met with the participating homeowners and has completed site plans for the residential yards and bus tWll- around, However, conslruction delays at the site have forced postponing the landscaping and related workshops until spring 1995. A draft copy of the educational booklet has been sent to local plant stores, seed companies, landscapers and developers. Favorable responses for the booklet have been received along with some donations for the printing. The Town of Telluride has also expressed interest in sponsoring the booklet and in providing additional funds for printing. In order to collect comments and donations from potential sponsors, including the Town of Telluride, printing of the booklet has been delayed until Mmch 1995. Sugar City County: Crowley Funding: $1,627 Start: 9/1193 Status: On-going The project goals include: increasing customer awareness of the effects of water conservation devices; extending the useful life of the water system; and collecting data for evaluation of future projects, The Town of Sugar City will purchase a computer system and devel- op a database that will track each individual water user, and provide a monthly and annual summary of the amount of water used by the customers. Through this system the town will be able to deleCt domestic water leaks on each water meter. This project will also provide an incentive to each water user for water consumption under a specified minimum amount based on historic water usage. The computer program is installed and about half of the metering has been completed. Because of changes in personnel and finances, the remaining three meters for two parks and the cemetery have not been installed. The computer program has allowed the start of the leak detection program and repairs to the system. Wiggins County: Morgan Funding: $15,000 Start: 7/15/93 Status: On-going This is a water improvement project that will include metering residential, businesses and public facilities. This project will provide water-use data to needed to determine how to make a transition from a flat-rate billing system to a metered rate. One hundred meters will be installed. During the installation phase, public meetings and other informational elIons will keep the public informed and updated throughout the project. A written water conservation plan will also be produced, The Town of Wiggins has installed the 100 meters and has decided to install meters for the whole town. In January 1995 billing of all customers at the metered rate will begin. Everyone has been made aware of the program through their utility bills, Woodmoor County: El Paso Funding: $7,000 Start: 911/93 Status: On-going This project will provide water conservation education to both adults and middle school students. Components include: integrating existing water conservation plans, such as conservation rates and pipeline leak detection, with additional information gathered for this project; producing a water conservation slide show and videotape; public presentations and workshops on water conservation; materi- als for use by visitors to water treatment facilities; and development of a curriculum for use in the schools. The project will also record monthly water usage of each household to track usage and savings before and after the project Teachers will be surveyed about the curriculum, Customers will be surveyed as well. The cmriculum has been developed and is starting to be utilized by the teachers. The slide show and a video are currently in produc- tion and will be ready by spring. Data on monthly water usage is presently being collected.