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<br />Time periods for longer than two days for having visitors stay at the home. <br /> <br />Any significant change in time spent at home as a result of someone becoming employed that <br />had been at home, or vice versa. <br /> <br />Any seasonal use of a water-consuming feature, such as a hot tub, outdoor decorative pool or <br />stream, or a swimming pool. <br /> <br />LAWN WATERING EDUCATION <br /> <br />Just prior to the beginning of the 1994 lawn watering season, each participant received a four-page <br />public education brochure on efficient lawn watering. (Included as Attachment C.) The intent was to <br />theoretically equalize all 80 of the participants, as far as their knowledge of efficient lawn watering <br />practices. The assumption was that even if some read it and some didn't, it would be the same <br />approximate percentage for both groups. <br /> <br />FIELD WORK PERFORMED <br /> <br />A plot plan was computer-generated for each of the 80 participant's lots. (Example included as <br />Attachment D.) Two research assistants were hired to acquire the following information, with the use <br />of the plot plans and by performing individual site visits: <br /> <br />using the plot plan as a base, draw a reasonably accurate and scaled drawing of the house, <br />driveway, landscaped portions of the lot, and other significant features <br /> <br />type of irrigation, whether automatic underground system or manual <br /> <br />species of turfgrass <br /> <br />a rating of the water-requirements of the landscaping, on a scale of I to 4. (See Attachment E.) <br /> <br />calculation of the approximate area of the landscape that is actually watered, making allowances <br />for such cases as drip-irrigated plant materials <br /> <br />ADDITIONAL DATA-GATHERING AND CALCULATIONS <br /> <br />Additional information gathered for the research study included the following: <br /> <br />Water use records for all 80 homes for the period of December I, 1993 to December 1, 1994. <br />This information was obtained from the City of Fort Collins Water Utility and the Fort Collins - <br />Loveland Water Utility. <br /> <br />Daily evapotranspiration and precipitation data for Fort Collins for the 1994 lawn watering <br />season <br /> <br />lot sizes for each participant <br /> <br />the applicable water district and account number for each participant <br /> <br />3 <br />