Brighton 1997 WCPlan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: City of Brighton Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 7/18/1997
• County: Adams
• County: Weld
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

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4. After the three year program is completed, establish an annual
meter replacement program to ensure that all small meters are at
least 95 percent accurate.

Large Meters (1-1/2-inch or greater)

I. Establish schedule to biennially test the accuracy of all large
meters.

2. Establish an annual repair and replacement program to ensure that
all large meters are at least 95 percent accurate.

Replacing all of the City's meters would cost approximately $400,000. This cost
would be offset by the increased revenue generated by accurate meters. [f five percent
more water was billed at the current fate of $2.81 per thousand gallons, revenues would
increase by about $125,000 per year; if ten percent more water was billed, revenues
would increase by about $250,000.

Distribution System Leak Detection and Prevention
The following programs are recommended to improve the condition of the
distribution system and to reduce unaccounted-for losses.

I. Increase the annual budget for repair and replacement of water
mains to equal at least one percent of the replacement cost of the
mains. The replacement cost of 70 miles of 8-inch mains is about
$11.8 million. One percent of this amount is approximately
$120,000. The current budget for main replacement is $45,000.

2. Continue recording distribution system leaks in a systematic manner.

3. Continue to identifY unusually high water usage on the billing records and
report them to water utility staff. Utility billers should continue the
practice of inserting water conservation pamphlets in the water bill.

4. Continue the telephone "hot line" for reporting water leaks.

City of Brighton, Colorado
March 1997 - 34619.100

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Report on Water
Conservation Plan