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<br />1997 Denver Water Conservation Master Plan <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Denver Water is the wholesale and retail water provider to almost 1,000,000 people <br />within a 324 square mile service area, including all of the City and County of Denver <br />and portions of several adjoining counties. In 1996 Denver Water treated and delivered <br />76,203,960,000 gallons of water. Denver Water has been working toward conservation <br />and wise water use since the organization was formed in 1918. Conservation has <br />become increasingly important in the last two decades, primarily because of two <br />factors: <br /> <br />1. In 1979, as part of the permit process for the new Strontia Springs Reservoir and <br />Foothills Treatment Plant project, Denver Water agreed to lower the average GAD <br />(gallons of water per account per day) within its service area from over 850 to <br />approximately 750 by 1999. This "Foothills Agreement" led to the implementation of <br />a variety of conservation programs, <br /> <br />1000 <br /> <br />GAD History I Foothills Agreement Goals IIRP Conservation Program <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />950 - - - - - : - - - - - : - - <br />, ." <br /> <br />900 <br /> <br /> <br />,- .. , , <br />- . - -.-, - - " - - " - - " - - <br /> <br />_ Foothills Agreement Base Avg. <br />_Foo\hms AgrQQlT\W Goals <br />_ GAD with IRP ConsQl'Valion (Bunde 3) <br />. Actual Annual GAD <br />"""*-9 Yr. Centered Average GAD <br /> <br />~ <br />~ 850 . <br />c <br />, <br />o <br />" <br />~ <br />~ 800 - - . - - . <br />= <br />. <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />750 - - - - - - <br /> <br /> <br />- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- <br />, " . <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />700 - - ~ - - ! <br /> <br />650 <br />1965 <br /> <br />1975 <br /> <br />1985 <br /> <br />1995 <br /> <br />2005 <br /> <br />2015 <br /> <br />2025 <br /> <br />2035 <br /> <br />2045 <br /> <br />2. Changes in population, water needs and costs have occurred at different rates than <br />our previous estimates. Therefore, in 1993 Denver Water began a three-year <br />Integrated Resource Planning process (IRP) aimed at identifying future demands for <br />water and determining the best way to meet these demands. Results of the IRP <br />show that Denver Water will need an additional 100,000 acre-feet of water annually <br />in order to meet the total demand by 2045, when all areas which Denver Water is <br /> <br />1 <br />