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<br />i,,~xl pr('".:<:'~~tn~ (lmlpaml?~ .lc-hle\ed Lf1t'
<br />LirJ'tl"':'l rcdUL'\II'n In d,'l1und-,m ,mnu.11
<br />~1\1ngs 01 4l' .1.;re-k...t Runn<'r~-llr ~Ifl' .\
<br />fthcr~bss H....,hn;:,-<,hltl~k m.muLlltUnn~
<br />pbm \39 .l(H'-ket pa ~<.',lf\ .md;1 b..ltdmg
<br />compan~ l~S .l<Tl--kel p..'r y<,.lr\,
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<br />\\';ucr Rate..,
<br />l:lihuc~ l'[ten u:;e ml'rl'.bm~ b]l'ck
<br />fJte:,> tset" In(fe"lSm~ Bkxk R.lt.:~_ p Q)
<br />f~lr comm<:n:1.I1 (U<,il--.ml'r" r~en ....1. hk".:k
<br />r~ltes f,lf n1mmt'f(lal1!ldu~lrl.ll. Jnd lIhll-
<br />LUtilln.ll llblt1m<'f~ ,ue U<,\lalh' dll!<'rl'nt
<br />tdiffcrcnt ~t~ "I <jUJntl\l1.'S and unn pric,'" \
<br />In'ill h!L-",:k r,ltl's !,l[ rcsldcrlllal cuslt1mcr"
<br />In addltwn. II l'lll11l11<'fUa] (llSL,'ml.'l'S haw
<br />~ll-(e"S lt1 and Gm U;;t: redaUlled w,lI\'r
<br />!,'r S!.)ml' purp,'scs. prll,'s i,lr thiS type
<br />III w.neT Jfe u;,uall\' 1,'wcr Ih,m Ihox for
<br />pOl;1.blt'\\,IICT.
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<br />Eduouitlll and (('dmiGll A.....i..lamT
<br />~.\'Cf.ll mt1l11<lp,11 wata uldLlI"~ In
<br />Cl,!t1r,ld" "fkr .-.'mmrfcl,ll C\.lsIl'll1er,
<br />,1n.Slt,' bldllY audus In ,lIl ,llldn, ~1 ultl-
<br />lly 51.10 {l('r:'<<lIl \'I"lIs the 1.1,:llllY III ,1"<.('<<'
<br />WJIl'T us<.' ,lOd r"l-"mml'nd mC.I<,ur\'s j,lT
<br />"trl.'Jmhnlng II _\lldl\"f<, remmd fJultl}
<br />,'\\ners th:l\ redu'-Ing WJter u,..c '<;'I\'C'- m~'rc
<br />than the (~'SI ~lf wJter-it <;Ill also rcdule
<br />W:lstew:na. ,'neT!"Y. and ...-ht'ml,a] ...-,l:>b
<br />In addill(1n w;lIn JUlhh eln mdlldc hill
<br />~m~]ysI~ ,mJ n1lllmf. l<l\\,"r ;Judlls
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<br />Challenges to Conservation
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<br />in Industry and Commerce
<br />As 10 ~lgrilultufal lH resldcnll.ll
<br />SllU3tlOllS. wllkspread IlllpknWIll<ltloll "[
<br />wall'r effluent [('lhnl']~l~Il'S and pr,Klll"'s
<br />m (OmmCKt' <lnd industry fale<, numCHl\.\S
<br />...-ha]kngl's Sorn\' kl'Y ';Iumh]mg bk'<.ks Jrc
<br />l",-Onl'mlCS. mmulla] underslanding l,f lhe
<br />unport,mce ,If CllIlser\'.l!lon l1f tll.: .1\-;111-
<br />~Iblr ,)ptllllb t,l hl'lp (on,;.cr\'c. Jnd inJlf.
<br />fen'nce to water rrlun.l::_
<br />EC\ln\)mt.:s ,ue a major (oTbldna\l,'O
<br />man)' busmc<..; dcuslOn l\1 lmpkmelll
<br />\\Jlcr-S;l\'l!lf. le(hn'll('~lcs or m.lfl,lgl'l11ell\
<br />slr,llq~lcs (;\.l1er.1lly. only lh,' llW<'( C,lSI-
<br />dfcc\lH' measures C:ln bl' adt1pll'd
<br />Through !IXU.; grllup". Denver \\';lter
<br />Icafnt~d th'll nk'SI (Ommad,l!. mdu.;tnal.
<br />Jnd lO5t1\Ul1onal cu,>wml'rS \\ Jilt \\-Jter-
<br />effICiency nk'3511n.s t,l pay f"r Ihem<.ch-es
<br />\\1thln ,1 yeJr F:ldlul' \1wnef... art. k;,~
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<br />Efficient Water Use 111 Commerce and Industry
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<br />llldmeu tl' Illh'st In mt'.lsurc< lO\'\']\'ln~
<br />].'ngl'r P,l\'lMlk p<-'n,xis wllhl'Ul ltll.:enlln,"s
<br />.;u...-h .\-" pr\lf.r:\ms I~I repurt.'ha::..' :.J\'ed
<br />w~ll.:r or the Ihr\'.lll'l ~ur.::h,HgCs rd,lled t"
<br />\\;It\'r ,.h"rt;l>:,l'S
<br />TIll'ugh pn'k~lona] \\-Jler U".: <ludl"" C.1n
<br />Jdl'null' \'pp<1r\Untllt"S Itl Imprnw w~ila tL'4."
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<br />Audits Provide Incentives for Conservation
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<br />Sometimes, It pay" to know Profe-sslona] water audIts can be an effective way to
<br />target l,pportunines for businesSC!> and m.mufactuIT'rs w use water more efficiemly.
<br />lniuated by Denn'r Waler in 1990, audit5 of 36 faciliues in the metnl are:1 proJecl~
<br />eel the follo\\ing potcntlal water <;3.\1ngs in \'anous types of fadliues: commercial office
<br />buildings (45 percent), ho:,>pnals \42 percentl, hOle]s 00 pt'rcent). fot'ld-processing
<br />operations 00 pt'rcem), schools (21 pen::ent). commercial ]aundnes (14 percent), and
<br />beverage proces....;ors (10 percent).
<br />When Dc:-nver Water lol]owed up wilh the 36 facilities a year Ialt'T. only fin> had
<br />implememed formal waler-elliciencl' programs incorporaung some of the recom-
<br />mended measures and had reduced Ihelr waler consumption by 3-19 percem_ Still,
<br />o\'l."r311 waler use <It Ihe 36 original facihtics decrea.<.cd by ]6 perl.clll, or 284 million
<br />gallons. over the course of a year. ThiS re-prcSl'nt5 a watcr USt' re-ductlon of almost 871
<br />acre--fecL
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<br />dfh:Il'lk'Y. hu~lt1c",.....s mu~t also bt, wllhn~ h'
<br />dev\'le .;1,1f1 tllll<' .}flU rC:'<<'\lr,'es I" l'\,llu.lllng
<br />')pllI'n-', :md lmpl<:'lllenllng ,-h,lll..;e",
<br />In ""m,' htbllles<<"s, pJrllcubrly large
<br />Illdu...lrlal L'{l('f,lIlll11S. \\-.lla account" lor
<br />SU.:.:h.1 slllall p<:mllln "f <:'x[knx'~ th,1l ,1\\11-
<br />ers Ill..} havc hull' m\lt1\'all~ln (\1 lo,ok l\lr
<br />\\<11'''' 1,1 T<,duce dcm;ind f\IflICtllarl;. It J
<br />\\'Iler pnl\'ldL'r \'h;lrges umt\lrm rJIL'<,-1n
<br />\,hllh all mClacd \\.I\er h pnled al Ihe
<br />"lOW un1\ (,)<.1 rc~,HJks<; ,,1 Ihe ,lmOUnl
<br />T.I<.t.'u l"-l'l" Lnll,lm1 R.:Hc=,. p 9:l----brgc
<br />CPTllml'fL'l.l[ and l!ldU~lnal WJter UsefS
<br />ma\' have few hnan\:la] Ill~TnUn.s to
<br />lmprll\.e W~ller uSt.' dflLlcnlY
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