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<br />I <br />~ 1 <br />I <br /> <br />J <br />j_: <br /> <br />)" <br /> <br />j" <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Backrn:mnd <br /> <br />Denver Water has promoted wise water use through its water seIVice area since the early <br />1900s. For many years the primary emphasis was on managing the water supply, although <br />occasional restrictions were placed on the demand for water iri response to supply shortages. <br /> <br />By the late 1 970s, however, the concept of demand management had become more <br />refined. At that time, the Board of Water Commissioners took a leadership role among <br />American water utilities, adopted a formal Conservation Plan and set goals for demand <br />~ reductions. <br /> <br />In March 1986, the Board of Water Commissioners issued a statement which included <br /> <br />a water conservation policy for all treated water customers. Specifically the statement reads as <br />follows: <br /> <br />The Board further instructs the Manager to bring before it, within 90 days, a <br />wide-rangfug, comprehensive program to promote and encourage water <br />conseIVation. The program must be designed to produce a reliable, significant <br />, increase in usable water by discouraging waste of the resource. That program is <br />to include a plan for installing meters, over a reasonable period of time, at non- <br />metered Denver homes at no direct charge; to the property owners. Resultant <br />water savings will be added to Denver's water reserve as a safety margin to <br />insure that the future needs of the City and County of Denver will always be met. <br />The Manager is further instructed to include in the program, in cooperation with <br />appropriate officials, a' plan that will result in' more efficient water use in <br />irrigating parks, parkways, highway medians and shoulders, school grounds, and <br />other large landscaped areas. The water conservation plan must also include a <br /> <br />- 1 - <br />