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<br />B. Low water-use landscapes and efficient irrigation: (Continued) <br /> <br />discounted or donated water and are also monitored regularly. State officials are <br />apprised of any irrigation standards changes that may be needed. <br /> <br />A cooperative agreement between the Board of Water Works and Pueblo's School <br />District 60 includes a requirement that a management plan be developed for <br />irrigation of any School District property receiving discounted or donated water <br />from the Board. Again, these areas are monitored and School District 60 officials <br />are asked to comply with the irrigation recommendations of the Board. <br /> <br />After consolidation of the two districts in 1958, the new Pueblo Water Board began <br />looking at ways to increase their water supply. One task they assumed was to <br />enforce efficient use of Pueblo's water through the adoption of new water use <br />efficiency programs. These programs are credited with large water savings and <br />with providing Pueblo with an additional source of water. The mandatory <br />metering of all of Pueblo's residential and industrial water services provided an <br />additional 13,078 acre feet of water to the City's growing supply. Currently active <br />programs, such as the installation of water-efficient fixtures and appliances, is <br />expected to provide another 3,687 acre feet of water once these fixtures are in wide <br />use throughout the City. <br /> <br />Continued efforts to better manage irrigation in Pueblo's parks and open spaces is <br />also showing signs of providing measurable amounts of water savings. In a recent <br />study of seven Pueblo parks, new irrigation management practices has saved <br />approximately 122 acre feet of water in a years time. As irrigation management in <br />the Pueblo park system increases, the water savings will be even more significant. <br />The Pueblo Parks and Recreation Department is to be commended for their efforts <br />in the Park's watering program. The water savings could not have been <br />accomplished without their full cooperation. Other ongoing programs, such as the <br />distribution system leak detection and repair, and the educational programs <br />designed to inform Pueblo's water customers on the subject of efficient use of their <br />water, will provide Pueblo with more water savings. In addition to the <br />aforementioned programs, Pueblo's creation of an Extraterritorial Water Service <br />Policy, which deals with water service to customers outside the City Limits, new <br />rate structure, and new plant water investment fees, make Pueblo a continued <br />leader in the establishment of efficient water use procedures. <br /> <br />c. Water-efficient industrial and commercial water-using processes: <br /> <br />The Board of Water Works of Pueblo continually works to increase the efficiency of <br />water use outdoors and promotes the best available efficient water use technology <br />for sanitary and process use in the industrial, commercial and governmental sectors <br />ofthe Pueblo economy. <br /> <br />-7- <br />