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<br />1992 Grant Recipients
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<br />Adams
<br />$9;700
<br />9/5/92
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<br />Arvada
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<br />The City of Atvada hosted a water audit training program that was attended by Front range la ,
<br />scape managers.' Each pariicipan(received the instructipn manua~ and cohzputer ~oftware. "Thi )
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<br />"helped attendees improve Jheir' mt;thods 'of irrigation, understand ET reqilirem,enrs, conserve water
<br />th,rough more efficient irrigq,tion practices., andprepare annual Water usage reports. -!)roducts prcv-
<br />ducedincluded a computerized water audit training program for large turf areas and instruction
<br />manual, wi(h computer software, for participants.
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<br />La Plata 'J
<br />. $7,000
<br />,1120/92 '
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<br />Rayfield/La Plata
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<br />The Bayfield Elementary School developed a campus-wide outdoor lab that incorporates low-water
<br />use plants, dry land grasses, drip irrigation. trees and shrubs. It also included building a trail, p~o-
<br />ducing infomiation pamphlets,' trail head sign and plant identification markers. Thisproject; offers
<br />an exi:ell.entoppoftunity to observe "real-li!e" applications of utilizing p raw water source through'
<br />a traditional Irrigation system. f
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<br />Garfield]'
<br />$,15,235, .
<br />7/1/92
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<br />Carbondale.
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<br />This projec'rwas a joint effort betWeen'the City of Glenwood Springs and the Town of Carbondale to.
<br />retrofit plumbing .fextures in each community, A total of98 'homes were retrofitted with conservation
<br />devices, 50 homes in Carbondalec{nd 48 homes in GlemvoodSprings, This project demonstrated the
<br />importance of establishing monitoring criteria prior to actualinst,lilation' of de,~ices. Due to diffi.
<br />culties in. gftting accurate, meJer readihgsJrom either community,- ,the estimated,savings for retro.
<br />'fitting is a very IIJugh eStimate ranging from at least 17% to PQssibly 35%. "
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<br />Dougl~s J', .
<br />$25.000 ,
<br />, 7/24/92
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<br />,Castle ,Rock
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<br />. The ,Ciiy otCastle Rock converted three residential,hOlnes. located in Castle Rocks watfr ;ervice
<br />drea, into modet'water,ef/icient homes. The projeCt provides',residents w1ith'three visual, examples of
<br />Jndoor and .outdoor ~~ter con,s,ervation vJeasur:es and possibiliti~s to achiev~ war~r and. money'Sav- _
<br />1,ings: Water. efficient plumbing devices we~e instqIled indoors-and la~dstq.pes were remo.4eledt'o'me.
<br />water effic.fent criteria. An incentive credit plan for watet; cOnServ~t(on..devices and-measures, 'base,. ','
<br />on the ,water savings results 'of various plumbing fixtures and measures implemented'in the model
<br />Iwmes, was developed. ' ' ,
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<br />Cherry Cr~ek Vail~~ ~ate'; & \Sanit~tion'District deve-lo;~~'a computer sbit'ulatij~'mode/ fa measure
<br />the operational and financial affects of water conservation alternatives /iir governmental entitie~.,
<br />Datq was gathered on local water use, wate~ rights, future water. demand projections, financial oblig-
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<br />ations. current fnformation ,on the irrzpacis of various wat'lT conservation measures }1t14 otJ:r.er rele-- .
<br />yant data. Thf'model evaluatesrheaffects of water conseT)1ation measures (including growth ~nd .
<br />rat!!' increas~s) on future water.den:d~d;,retiakility'ofwatet savings, 'C/!st effe.cfiyen'es~ aiufthe'impact
<br />~n-syst~m~ operations.
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<br />'J' The City of Fort Collins conducteda study to determine the actual water savingbenefiti,of adding "
<br />County: , Larimer' .commeii:ial cOmpost as d soi/'ameridmimt prior to landscaping. Of the interested residents, 50 new"
<br />~unding: $ I 0,000 , ) ',h,om, ,eoivize;s (Gro,' up 1), were 'se, lec(ed to eamend, their, S,Oil.With commerCia, I compost, a';d, ',3,1 new
<br />, Start Date: 9/1/~2.-' " homeowners,(Group 2) were chpsen-fo. ,!ot'am~nd tltei~ soil. : Survey results were.inconclusil!~. The )
<br />F. 'c 11' " first year results showed no change in water use bas.don the addition of soil amen,drrients:
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<br />Gilcrest
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<br />Weld J
<br />$16.600 '
<br />7/20/92
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<br />The T~~nof Gilcrest i~plemented,a. number of ~ater conservatto,,: mea;ures: conve,-sion of town
<br />}V,ell to !rrigat~on' use only, mete.red welter rateS, insta[[~tion of irrigatio,! rain sersors, -a. meier, and,. ,,'
<br />water conservation devices. The fate' change and the water conservat;'qn devices produced a,~6%
<br />reductio,! in water usage from winterof~J2/93 to the winter of93/94. Waitewater flows were reduced
<br />22%.
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