Little Thompson 1996 WC Plan

• Project Type: Water Conservation Plan
• Project Name: Little Thompson Water District Water Conservation Plan
• Title: Water Conservation Plan
• Date: 7/2/1996
• County: Larimer
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

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5.5.2 Plans for Future L TWO Measures

The Little Thompson Water District plans to continue the above measures and will
begin to install a scada-telemetry system in 1996 which will provide a means to detect
unusually high flows, which can possibly indicate a line break. The District has also
considered a change to monthly meter reading to allow more accurate estimation of
system losses, but a decision on this has not been finalized yet.

5.6 Dissemination of Information Regarding Water Use Efficiency
Measures .

5.6.1 Current L TWO Measures

The Little Thompson Water District currently provides customer education on water use
efficiency measures as part of the quarterly newsletter (See Appendix 8-C), and has
used bill inserts in the past to educate customers on water conservation.

The L TWD currently does not provide customers with water Lise audits or water saving
demonstrations due to a lack of manpower. District personnel do consult with
customers if a leak is detected on the customer's service line.

5.6.2 Plans for Future L TWO Measures

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The Little Thompson Water District currently plans to continue to devote part of the
quarterly newsletter to addressing various water use efficiency measures. The District
will consider the use of water saving demonstrations to promote water use efficiency.
The District may also consider establishing a library of water efficient landscaping
literature which would be available to L TWO customers.

5.7 Water Rate Structures Designed to Encourage Water Use
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5.7.1 Current L TWO Measures

The existing Little Thompson Water District water rate structure is a block rate format
with a quarterly minimum charge and allocated volume based on the size of the service
connection (See Appendix 8-D). In addition to the quarterly minimum fee, the tap
holder is charged at a decreasing rate per thousand gallons as usage surpasses
established, tap size-based quantities. L TWD also imposes a surcharge of $0.48 per
thousand gallons over the set allotment for each tap size. This surcharge was
originally intended to provide additional raw water shares, but has also served as a
water conservation incentive. The District completed a rate study analysis in 1995 to

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