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<br />4 <br /> <br />MONITORING RESULTS Water meters themselves do not conserve water but rather <br />enable the Town to bill for water based upon usage. The change to metered <br />rates and increased water supply costs will encourage water conservation. To <br />measure the changes that result with implementation of a metered rate, the Town <br />will compare total Town water usage before and after the meters are upgraded. <br />The Town's master meter will enable us to make comparisons between historical <br />water use with flat rates and the new metered rate usage. The Town will also <br />evaluate water conservation by reading the meters while the flat rate continues <br />and comparing this data to water usage after the metered rates are implemented. <br /> <br />SCHEDULE Gilcrest anticipates upgrading meters during spring of 1992 so that <br />summer usage can be metered. The metered water rates will not become effective <br />until fall of 1992. Project results can be compared by season for 1990 through <br />1994. . <br /> <br />PROJECT 2: PUBLIC OPEN SPACE WATER CONSERVATION <br /> <br />BACKGROUND The Town currently uses inexpensive well water to irrigate lawns <br />the 2.25 acre Town baseball park. Once the Town receives treated surface <br />water, the cost of this irrigation will greatly increase. To reduce water <br />consumption, and its cost, the Town will rehabilitate an existing well located <br />near the park to use well water exclusively for turf irrigation. This. <br />conversion will decrease net water consumption from what it would be if the) <br />park were on the Town's surface water supply because the well will not have the <br />same "shrinkage" as treated surface water. The Towns' engineer estimates <br />shrinkage from the water district is roughly 10-12% over and above the water <br />delivered. This loss comes from the backwashing of treatment plant filters and <br />from line leakages. <br /> <br />PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION Gilcrest proposes to rehabilitate the existing well to <br />install various pumping, electrical, and irrigation timing equipment and a <br />water meter. The irrigation timer will include a simple rain sensing device <br />which will turn off the sprinkling cycle when it rains or when water is present <br />in the unit. Based upon past experience and the number of rainy days during <br />the irrigation season, it is expected that about 5-10% of the watering cycles <br />will be eliminated by the sensor. The projected cost of the well <br />rehabilitation is approximately $4,250. The installation will be completed by <br />a contractor hired to complete the other infrastructure improvements noted in <br />the Program Need section above. <br /> <br />PARTICIPANTS The Town government, and hence, the taxpayers, would be the major <br />beneficiaries of water savings for irrigation. Town residents would <br />participate in terms of the educational aspects of the this activity. <br /> <br />MONITORING RESULTS The meter at the Ball Park will be used to compile <br />irrigation data for the summer season. Estimates of total treated water it <br />would take to deliver the actual water used will be made using data from the <br />