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~ 2. Offer rebates to commercial customers who reduce their usage by 10 percent or more in a given year. Water-Efficient Plumbing Fixtures Water-efficient plumbing fixtures have the potential to reduce indoor water usage by about 30 percent. These fixtures include ultra low-flush toilets, toilet dams, aerators for faucets, and restrictive showerheads. The advantage of these devices is that water conservation is ongoing and is not dependent on changing consumer behavior. The following programs would encourage indoor water conservation: I. Provide a free conservation kit containing a low-flow showerhead, kitchen aerator, and a bathroom aerator. If kits were distributed to 1,000 homes, the estimated cost for the kits would be $5,000 or $5.00 per kit. Estimated water savings if all the kits are installed is five gallons per day (gpd) per home or 1,825,000 gallons per year. 2. Encourage low-flush toilet retrofit. If 1,000 homes are retrofitted with ultra low-flush toilets, the estimated water savings are 20 gpd per home or 7,665,000 gallons per year. The cost of the toilet is an average of $130 including a $50 installation cost. At the current water rate, payback time for a resident is six years. If the City provided a $50 rebate per installation, the cost to the City would be $50,000 and would reduce the payback time for each resident to nearly four years. Water Reuse -- --~- "------ _._---~-- ----_._------~---- Presently the City is using groundwater which is adjudicated for a one-time pass through the City and released back to the stream. One of the issues the City should seriously consider is to acquire and implement fully consumable water into its treatment and distribution system. The City should consider reuse as a possible source of water conservation. City of Brighton. Colorado March 1997 - 34619.100 14 Report on Water Conservation Plan