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<br />I <br />I <br /> <br />CITY OF ARV ADA <br />WATER CONSERVATION MASTER PLAN <br /> <br />I <br />\ <br />I <br />\ <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />During the 1988-1989 period, the Arvada City Council instructed the Public Works Department <br />to consider the conservation of water resources as a high priority and to accomplish the <br />following objectives: <br /> <br />· Develop and implement a water conservation master plan for Arvada. <br /> <br />· Implement additional water conservation measures shown to be cost effective. <br /> <br />This water conservation master plan sets forth the goals and policies regarding Arvada' s water <br />conservation program. Further, it establishes an operating framework within which the program <br />can be developed, implemented and evaluated. By design, this document is to be updated <br />annually by supporting targets, objectives, work programs and an approved budget. <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />The City of Arvada has always advocated "wise water use." Waste has been discouraged by <br />metering all water customers and City water uses. Since 1974, efficient water use has been <br />encouraged by utilizing a pricing structure with increasing block rates according to customer <br />classification. Under this rate structure, sufficient water for domestic, commercial, industrial, <br />and outdoor purposes is priced in the first water volume block at cost of service; additional use <br />carries a 20 percent increase in unit price to recover volume related costs and to discourage <br />excessive use. By City code adopted in 1979, all plumbing fixtures must be low-flow and all <br />exterior hoses must have automatic shut-off valves. Water customers have been encouraged <br />annually to use the evapotranspiration (ET) lawn watering schedule every third day. <br /> <br />Since 1982, Arvada's participation in the environmental impact analysis process for the proposed <br />Two Forks Dam and Reservoir on the South Platte River has served to increase the City staff's <br />awareness of the increasing scarcity of water supplies and the high cost of acquiring new <br />sources. Thus, since 1986, the City staff has been studying the value of water conservation as <br />a means to reduce water demand. <br /> <br />A Citizen's Water Conservation Advisory Committee was established by City Council in March <br />1988 to participate with the City staff in planning and implementing an expanded conservation <br />program. The conservation measures added to the program in 1988 included leak detection in <br />the water system and increased communication about conservation with our water customers. <br />Arvada was also instrumental through the Metropolitan Water Providers in developing a Metro- <br />wide water conservation program. This program was endorsed by the Governor and <br />incorporated by reference in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' January 20,1989 construction <br /> <br />-1- <br />