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<br />· to increase the amount of Xeriscape within our service area to 25%, saving 5,665 <br />acre-feet of water annually. <br /> <br />Strategies: <br />· provide more information and incentives to stimulate the market for water-efficient <br />appliances <br />· offer incentives to reduce over-watering of landscapes, and to convert traditional <br />landscapes to Xeriscape <br />· provide more information on the benefits of Xeriscape and technical assistance in <br />converting existing landscapes to Xeriscape <br /> <br />To demonstrate how much water could be saved without major changes in lifestyle, <br />below is a comparison of water use among three Denver Water single-family residential <br />accounts. The first account is based on data from Denver Water. The other two are <br />hypothetical. For comparison's sake all accounts were assumed to be demographically <br />identical, with 2.71 people in the household and 4,000 square feet of landscape. <br /> <br /> <br />tion <br /> <br />hours per week on <br />landsca e maintenance <br />method of irrigation <br /> <br />Average <br />Denver Water <br />Residential <br />Account <br /> <br />780 gallons/day <br /> <br />221 gallons/day <br /> <br />152,052 allons <br />$157.68 <br />4.5 f <br />4.0 m <br />45 allons <br />90% of yard is <br />-- -Kentucky-- <br />bluegrass lawn, <br />remainder is flower <br />beds & shrubs. 2 <br />mature trees <br />1 1/2 hours wk, 5 <br />hrs once/ ear <br />automatic sprinkler <br />system - no rainfall <br />or soil moisture <br />sensor installed <br />82,108 gallons <br /> <br />Residential <br />Account With <br />Moderate <br />Conservation' <br /> <br />560 gallons/day <br /> <br />199 gallons/day <br /> <br />109,477 allons <br />$142.02 <br />2.5 f <br />2.5 m <br />45 allons <br />65% of yard is tall <br />ue-lawrt,----- <br />remainder is xeric <br />flower beds, shrubs <br />& ground-covers. <br />2 mature trees <br />1 3/4 hours wk, 4 <br />hrs once/ r <br />automatic sprinkler <br />system w/soil <br />moisture sensor <br /> <br />Residential <br />Account With <br />Maximurn <br />Conservation' <br /> <br />359 gallons/day <br /> <br />181 gallons/day <br /> <br />69.939 allons <br />$129.18 <br />1.6 f <br />2.5 .m <br />20 allons <br />35% of yard is <br />t1ffatograss- <br />remainder is xeric <br />flower beds, shrubs <br />& groundcovers. 2 <br />mature trees <br />1 1/2 hours wk, <br />1/2 hr once/ r <br />manual irrigation <br />(hose dragger) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />37,767 gallons <br /> <br />total water applied during <br />26-week rowin season <br /> <br />1 assumes low-flow showerhead, toilet dam or flow restrictor <br />2 assumes low-flow showerhead, ULV toilet and horizontal axis clothes washer <br /> <br />59,118 gallons <br /> <br />5 <br />