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<br />· to increase the amount of Xeriscape within our service area to 25%, saving 5,665 <br />acre-feet of water annually. <br /> <br />Strategies: <br />· provide more information and incentives to stimulate the market for water-efficient <br />appliances <br />· offer incentives to reduce over-watering of landscapes, and to convert traditional <br />landscapes to Xeriscape <br />· provide more information on the benefits of Xeriscape and technical assistance in <br />converting existing landscapes to Xeriscape <br /> <br />To demonstrate how much water could be saved without major changes in lifestyle, <br />below is a comparison of water use among three Denver Water single-family residential <br />accounts. The first account is based on data from Denver Water. The other two are <br />hypothetical. For comparison's sake all accounts were assumed to be demographically <br />identical, with 2.71 people in the household and 4,000 square feet of landscape. <br /> <br /> <br />total water applied during <br />26-week rowin season <br /> <br />assumes low-flow showerhead, toilet dam or flow restrictor <br />2 assumes low-flow showerhead, UL V toilet and horizontal axis clothes washer <br /> <br />hours per week on <br />landsca e maintenance <br />method of irrigation <br /> <br />Average <br />Denver Water <br />Residential <br />Account <br /> <br />Residential <br />Account With <br />Moderate <br />Conservation 1 <br /> <br />Residential <br />Account With <br />Maximum <br />Conservation2 <br /> <br />1 1/2 hours wk, + <br />5 hrs once ear <br />automatic sprinkler <br />system - no rainfall <br />or soil moisture <br />sensor installed <br />82,108 gallons <br /> <br />1 1/2 hours wk, + <br />1/2 hr onc r <br />manual irrigation <br />(hose dragger) <br /> <br />59,118 gallons <br /> <br />37,767 gallons <br /> <br />5 <br />