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. . WATER CONSERVATION RESOURCE PROJECT PROJECT SUMMARY: Pur{>ose: Little Thompson Water District and the Berthoud Public Library would like to establish a resource library available to the general public covering a wide range of information pertaining to water conservation, Need: Water in Colorado is a limited resource and the public needs to be educated and encouraged to use the limited natural resource wisely, Currently the Berthoud Public Library has only one book on the subject of water conservation. To help educate the public about how water can be conserved and the benefits of water conservation we need to establish an educational resource in the library and then let the public know that the resources are available in the library, !m.Plementation: Resource: We are proposing to purchase resources including the following and making them available to the public through the Berthoud Public Library: o Home water conservation books, o "Xeriscape" landscaping books. o "Xeriscape" periodicals, o "Xeriscape" computer CD-ROM database, o "Xeriscape" VHS Video tapes, o '" Other water conservation materials and resources as they are located, o Educational displays depicting water service, lawn sprinklers, and other ideas that could be used on display in the regional libraries to promote the resource as well as water conservation. Education: We are proposing to use a portion of the funds to advertize the availability of the resource, We are proposing the following methods of advertizing to let the public know about the resource that is available. o Press release about the awarding of the grant. o Grand opening of the new section in the library, o Press release about the opening of the new section in the library, o Advertizing in the local newspapers during the first year about the resource, o Advertizing in the Little Thompson Water District newsletter, ( 3xJyear),