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Water Conservation
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Water Conservation Plan
Project Name
Boulder Water Conservation Plan
Title
1996 Water Conservation Plan
Date
5/30/1996
County
Boulder
Water Conservation - Doc Type
Complete Plan
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<br />7.6 <br /> <br />7.1.6 Public Edl~ <br /> <br />Every spring the Utility Division mails a brochure with its utility bills entitled <br />"Boulder's Water: Enough to Use, But Not Enough to Waste." Response is often <br />immediate, and the City receives many calls for additional information on water <br />conservation. Information booklets and reprints about Xeriscapc and retrofitting with low- <br />flow plumbing devices arc easily available at the Utility bil1ing desk, at the Boulder Public <br />Library, at the City-sponsored Xeriscape seminars, and from the City's Water Conservation <br />Coordinator. The booklet "Landscaping for Water Conservation: Xeriscape!" sold 20 copies <br />in 1989, and the City has handed out about 100 Xeriscape reprints (excluding the copies <br />handed out at the Xeriscape seminars). <br /> <br />The City has also produced a water video called ''Essential to Life: The Boulder <br />Water Story." This video, which won an award of merit in the Public Information Category <br />from the City Hall Digest, discusses the flow of Boulder's water. The video has been shown <br />to the City Council and City employees, as well as being shown on Municipal Channel 28 <br />for three months in 1988 and a number of times in 1989. Both middle and high school <br />classes have also seen the video. <br /> <br />It is hard to quantify water savings from a public education campaign, and most water <br />conservation professionals use a conservative figure of about S-percent savings. Public <br />education is usually most effective during periods of crisis when the community perceives a <br />problem. In this event, savings from public education could be as high as 15 percent.2 For <br />the purpose of this study, we have assumed a 5- to IS-percent savings from the existing <br />public education program. This is substantiated by a relatively low per-capita consumption <br />of 183 gpd (1989 Raw Water Master Plan), and good knowledge in the Boulder community <br />of water issues. For example, the City receives about 100 water conservation questions per <br />year. The 5 to 15 percent savings, however, is further reduced by the fractional market <br />penetration. Estimated year 1990 peak-day savings from Boulders' public education program <br />range from 0 to 0.1 mgd <br /> <br />7.1.7 Xeriscape Promotion <br /> <br />The City offers several free Xeriscapc gardening seminars each spring. In 1989, three <br />seminars were well attended, hosting 75 to 80 interested customers. There are many follow- <br />up questions that arise from the seminars, and the seminars have been so well received that <br />attendees have asked that the seminars be videotaped. Some people, not able to attend the <br />seminars, have requested to be on the City's mailing list for future notification. Seminar <br /> <br />2(;onversation with Mr. David Todd, City of Fresno, California, during a dry spell in that <br />City in 1988. <br />
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