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<br />Louisville Water Conservation Measures - Current and Future: <br /> <br />The City of Louisville has taken a proactive approach to water conservation and has de- <br />veloped and implemented significant conservation measures as early as 1988. The City's <br />Raw Water Master Plan of 1992 identified conservation measures that have since become <br />the basis of a number of the programs currently in place. In addition, future programs are <br />planned for development and implementation to further enhance the overall water system <br />efficiency and to collectively meet the City's conservation goals. Current and future con- <br />servation programs are outlined as follows: <br /> <br />Louisville Water Conservation Measures: <br /> <br />Water efficient fixtures and appliances Water efficient fixtures and appliances <br />- Current Measures -Future Measures <br />The Public Works Department has distributed The Public Works department is evaluating a <br />conservation information packets to new plan to provide citizens with financial incen- <br />home owners that contain inexpensive low- tives to retrofit vintage high volume toilets <br />flow devices that include flow restrictors for with the current low-volume style. If the <br />faucets and showerhead and toilet tank evaluation of a low flow toilet program <br />volume displacement bags. projects an efficient use of conservation funds <br /> the City expects to begin such a program in <br />Lavatories at City Hall were refitted with low- the summer of 1998. <br />flow faucets and low volume toilets. <br />Shower facilities in the Louisville Recreation <br />Center locker rooms are <br />fitted with low-flow shower heads. <br />The City adopted thel991 Uniform Plumbing <br />Code requiring conservation style fixtures in <br />new construction. <br /> .. <br /> <br />3 <br />