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<br />10 3 Cl~br;}do "rnn!'.~ ,lp~lnm.:m lllmpk\.
<br />r.:-du(cJ w;ua US\.' b\ ")f. p<:rlem
<br />....Lnle 11.kH DenH'r \\~ltn h"" dls,
<br />tributed more Ih~m 5.I.X1Q r':-lT(,fit kits to
<br />student,. 10 ~r.lde~ ';'-8. nk'"t1~ In mIddle
<br />s..-h..~lls S<.T,.-in~ l\lw.mlll!TIl' nel.:hb,)r.
<br />h..xxh Each \~t thl''<.' -Le,lmm.: to ht:
<br />\\;ller\\-be@" kll~ ll'I1l,lI11t'J thr~'t' re!To.
<br />fn dt'\lu's Ihat ~tuJ,.nts lotlid Insta\[ Jt
<br />hlmle-plm l,'s"<.'ll" (dbgul".:-d ;IS ~<Imc,,)
<br />tll educatl' "lUd,'nt" ,lb"UI dft':I,'11l \\3tcr
<br />U~ lJleralllTe mdudcd In the kll"Xpl.llnS
<br />that a household that 1O..t.lll,.J .-lll thm::
<br />dl'nees could saw up Il) 5115.l ye,n l)II
<br />waler Jnd energy hill::.. .md ,:\lllkl r,'dul':
<br />\\'al,'r u<;t" by a~ 1llw.:h a" I') ~all11m per
<br />(by per h,m~hold
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<br />EdlH.-alion and fCl'hnical .-\.....i...tanc("
<br />\'1nu;llly e\"Cr)' mUIllClp.11 water uti!.
<br />ny 10 Colllr,ldo mn'::.t,; In ....-,mc f,~rtll (l!
<br />(mnml1mly ,mtrl'Jl,h llr puhhc ,.dU<':,lll\ll1
<br />lraditlLln..1 method,; kll:US ,-'n bill mx'TlS
<br />.lOci dned-mail m;l1.:n,II:<, ,mJ Ih,':><.: ,lrt'
<br />Slllllh.: only mclh.ltb gu..rameed t\l reJlh
<br />nTn- CUS1l'II1er '.lor.: rl'lentl\'. now that
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<br />mally hiJUSt'hlllds h,IH' pa<Aln.-tl lomplll-
<br />l'rs and Internet ~'IYltT. llllhty wl'oslll'"
<br />h.-we OCCll!l1l' ~I.-lmbrd IMe. ,md m.-tny 1'1
<br />thl'lll hlghlighl inftltn1ali,ll1 on dft(lt'n1
<br />walcru~'
<br />Large walt'f ullhll'-'S hire ~latllT1(,n1h.:r~
<br />'Allh eXpt'msl' In pubhc rdatil'ns ;md
<br />COnlrJct pro[cs.~lnnal puhllC rebllons .-md
<br />markeung hrms tll d':slgn and llnpkmt:nt
<br />extcnSl\t' puhhc awarl'l1ess campalgns
<br />~\'plCl1 punh<.: l.ducau\'l1 prc~gmms
<br />mdudc WaleI' ust' a1ldns. f,'r .:ommerual
<br />.1l1J mdus.lrial CUo.tonH_"b. dbpl;lYs ilt
<br />public ,'vent:> ",urh ,\~ hllml' .mJ g.-trJen
<br />s.hows, puhlic ad\1Sllr)' l{lmmlltCCS, delll'
<br />\~ns.trJt!{ln gard.:ns Illustrating W,l1Cr'Wl"-e
<br />landSi.:apmg. and workshops. ,md naming
<br />pmgrams on spt:ttah:cd tl'PI,'S such ,15-
<br />lmgatlon s..:heduhng For chIldren. mJn~'
<br />utilities lund w.-Ilcr-rt'!.-ttcd cduc';lllt'l1al
<br />matenals alld water fl'stl\',lls I,l[ schOt1ls
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<br />Efficient W<Jter Use 111 Homes <Jnd Cities
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<br />Rebate Programs Pay for Change
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<br />Dunng 2002-2003. Colorado Spnngs Utilities paid residential customers roughly
<br />$193.000 for installing. 2.573 dual-flush toilets and almost 5J32,OI.Xl for installing
<br />2.655 hi~h-efficienC)' clothes ",,'ashers., In 2003, the utility lS5ut"d rebates of $30,$50
<br />for residential irrig.1tion equipment such as rain shutoff dey-ices, img.lUOtl controllers,
<br />drip ImgatJon systems. and spm)' heads \lmh check valves. The ulilitys rebates for
<br />residential landscape' consuhallons, water-wise lawn installations. and mulches and
<br />soil amendments tlltalcd almost $58,()(l() in 2003_
<br />The City of Boulder, which relmburses customers for most of these same water-sa\'~
<br />ing e.'\:pendnures-, al50 offers reball'S of up to 5250 for turf-t)"pe buffalo grass (at a rate
<br />of $25 pet square fOOl).
<br />In its 2002-2003 renate programs, Denver Waler mmbuTSt'd stn~!e-famil)" resi-
<br />dential customers for 12500 low-waler-use loilets, at a COSI of S 1.36 million, and
<br />5.600 clothes wa-;hers,;l1 a COSl of $700,('l{l(). Togelher, Ihese pwgratn$ reduced annual
<br />indoor residential waler demand in Denver Walers senlce area b)' more than 500
<br />acre-feel. Rebate progr-ams aimed .It reducing Drnvers oU!doot residential demand
<br />rt:imburs;.'d CUSlomcrs. for some $ 368,Ot.lO worth of la\\ll migation equipment and SOIl
<br />amendment matenals-, including more Ihan 2.100 IOW-v.'aler-u5C trees-and shrubs and
<br />almost 1.000 automated imgation system conlrolkrs,
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<br />Challenges to Water
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<br />Conservation in
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<br />Homes and Cities
<br />Achlevll1g dh<..'\"lIt \~.lla ll~i.' tl1
<br />L(llnr'-ld\~'~ mlln10p,lhl1e~ dt'pend~ ,'n
<br />Ll\Trl\llTImg a number 01 {hallengt'5 "1l11lt.
<br />h-y ~tllmbhng bl(xks- Include I"W water
<br />r;lIt'S, .l pt.'T\';lSIW pubhl p.:rl,:pll'll1 lhal
<br />WJIt:r l'(ll1~'n.;ltl\'n IS nt'l lnlp..lrt,lnl. .Il1J
<br />\Il~uflic'il'nt \lndcTSlandmg of thl' l\Pll\lnS
<br />,Ivallahk \() \IllTl',lSl' W.llt'r uSt.' errll'l~'nl'Y
<br />II1i.otne, IlCr<;(lIMI cholcc, .mJ ,l({6S
<br />Itl Inl,'ml.lll,)n arc soml. \\! Ihe fadt1TS
<br />that typlGl11y mllucnce the pubhc"s. "..'n.
<br />Sll1\'!ty W Ihl' pn.-e 01 water "tudles ha\'e
<br />sh,'wn thai lustllmers ;He l~llcn rel.-t1J\'ely
<br />unres-pt.>n51n: W ~lIlall mne.-t~~ In pnle
<br />In ;lddltwn. ~omr reo.can.:ht'Ts ltllrn
<br />Ihat lxLlll':'t' wala h,b histlml'ally bren
<br />undcrpnl'ed umsumt'rs haw h..'l"ome
<br />;ll"dlst,\med 1\1 1l1\\ pnn.'~ th,lt d,1 n,ll
<br />;ldl'qU;Ilt.'h ,\i.lllunt
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<br />lor the full ll'~t~ ,11 w.-tta 5upply, trcal-
<br />mt.'lll, and dlslnhllllllfl ...., Illt1g .IS w.-ller
<br />IS. reLltlvdy mnpen.:;I\'t'. they ,uguc, and
<br />therl' i~ no pt'TCCI\l.'d fe.b,," [(l c"lln':>t:T\'"
<br />th.: ,lpphLiU'lt1 of mllre water-to,ffllil.nt
<br />tnhn.,J.l);:Il'S ,lOti m;lnJ.);:':lIlcnl pr,tclllt's
<br />wdl b.,.llmltl,d
<br />Incrl'J~tng puhhl und('f~tJmlm);: I~
<br />\'It;l1 Inforllllflg nm<,uml'T'S ,llwut sUl'h
<br />Il'['ll'; ;15 l,-'w-w,l!('f-UX' land~;lpm,i'., dn.
<br />llelll plumhlng fixtures .md app!l;lIK\'S. or
<br />h,~w III anlld ll\'U'\\,llenng IS ,Ill (lng.)ltlg
<br />chalknge tll wld.:sprc;ld llnpkmcllt,l1llln
<br />o[ Clll1:,cT\Jlllln prJ(\ln'~
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