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<br />Regulations and Policies Promoting Efficient Water Use
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<br />Regulations and
<br />Policies Promoting
<br />Efficient Water Use
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<br />:-':um.:wm puhh~ POhClC-.-kd.:r;ll.
<br />~I.lt.:, and hxal-mand;Ht:. prl1m,'l,', I'T
<br />olncT\\ls.t .lffl'd Ix-h,!\1.l1rs .md ,1IlltUdl'S
<br />[l'ward U~1llg W;1I,'T wb.-,I~ 1ll C,lk'T,ld,'
<br />Thc.;e JX,lIntCS mcludl' k,t:bbtwn p.h"-t'J
<br />hy th... l: S C()n~rr~~ or thl' Ctl]orad"
<br />Gena"l A<.~mhly. ~uldcl1llcS ISSUi:J
<br />by the L:, [nnn.mmcnl.ll PWtl'(llllO
<br />Agency {L'''EPA1, r('gubtlun~ l",,,,ued h}
<br />Ihe CllkH"d.' Dq'Jrtmt'nl ,ll ',Itur;,!
<br />RC~lUrL"C~, lq~,ll dC':bl,ms h.1lldcd d.'w!l
<br />hy Col,'rad,ls wal,T Cl1urtS. <1fld 1,X,ll,'rdl-
<br />naO":('5 ,md clwcnanb
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<br />Fedl'ral Lq~i..lalion <lnd Guiddilll''''
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<br />rlumhin~ fhlurc... (',h:o.ed by ("ngrc:"';'
<br />In tQ92. the l" S Enl'r~y r(lIK~' Ad ('<'\;\[,-
<br />hshcd fIn the first Illne n.IlI,'!i,11 mOl"!-
<br />mum allow.lnk fh,\\ rat('~ fur plumbmg
<br />h.>.;lures The lq~lslath'1l spedhl's 1l1.lXI-
<br />mum fiow rates fN Wilds ~ 16 gallL'n:::.
<br />per flush), unn~ll~ U II ~.Illon per flush),
<br />showerhe,lds ~2 '; gall,lns per mmutd,
<br />and fauLets {2 '; g;llkm~ pa mmut"',
<br />These nJ.tlllllal water-ellioelllY sl.mdards
<br />..Ipply w plumbm,>:, fixtures Instalkd m :III
<br />newly (,1nSlnllled ,lr relll'vatl'd restden-
<br />ll.ll Jnd nonresldentl.l! huhta.'s
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<br />Con...n\'J.linn planning, :\~ mandJ.lt'd
<br />by federal It'glslalll'll (I "No ,lmcmlm...nts
<br />to the Sale Dnnkmg Water :\.:-t\ III 1498
<br />lhe USEPA Issucd gUlddinl's h")r mUn!( 11',11
<br />water Uti lilies W (<.JIlI")w In dl'vclopmg 1,)(31
<br />Willer (\1I1servalil>r1 !,bn~, Th", glllddllWS
<br />;\It: deslglled 1(' nl'lp utihlles 1ll1l.',':P:tl'
<br />water uS!.' dfi"ll'rKY mtll pbnnin,~ fl'r ne"
<br />fJoll1les Thn:c Sfh of gU1ddtnes .He pre-
<br />x!ltl'd ha~ll gtnddtnl'" f"r waler ~YSlt:lllS
<br />.;crvtng W,l10l1 reoI'll' l)f kwer, HHer-
<br />mediate gUlddme.. klr systl'ms <,efVlllg
<br />Il'.l'll)O tl' J()(I,l1['\.' people. ;mJ ad"Jnn~d
<br />glllJehnt'~ fl'r sy,,-tC'ms SCf\'lIl)o: m,'re than
<br />100,000 people CllmpClnent:'> 01 the mtl'l-
<br />medIate and ,1d\'al'll:eJ ~ldehnes mdude
<br />foreta;.un~ water dl'mand and c\',llu;llmg
<br />W.ller u:;t' efflClen"r mc.1SUTe:, ,)11 the basl"-
<br />of cl'st-bendlt an;lly-.es
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<br />SI.HI' ll'gislatillll and Guideline,>
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<br />lOIl'"'r\'ali"n P!.lIl1lin.c.. In 1991,
<br />CClINad" hl'<.:allle <111C "f the hr~t ~I,lles
<br />to p~bS statewide wat,'r (l)!lser"anon kg-
<br />IS!aU,)I1 Onpnal1y dC'slgned to Iml'f(1\'l;'
<br />urhan water llSC cITiul'n(}', the Cll!llTado
<br />\\-.ncr COn;;e[\';ltl,lO .-\el ..:re,ll,'d the
<br />Office l,f \\':iter CClnSt"TY;lIl,lIl wlthm the
<br />C,)!orJd" \Valer LOll'-Cr.-.lll()fl Bl'artl
<br />(c\\'on .lIld fequlfed \,.lll:r pro\'lders
<br />wllh .Illnll,ll Jchverie~ "f more th:1ll 2,l"',-1
<br />;lCfe-lce! {aJ~l knowll as -n'\'Cfl'd l'nll-
<br />lles") 10 deH'l,'p W,lln (('n'-Cr\'<llll)fl pbn~
<br />by 1 ,,(.j('l_ In then plans, pro\1ders were
<br />lIl"lnh.:led tl' C'lIlSldl'r. at a mllllmum,
<br />W.ltl'l rate strullllrc:>, re~tlbh1l}' mc,lStlrl'~,
<br />1ll(,'nll\','S, WJter rdbe systems, .lnd eJu-
<br />l.Ul(ln, ,lm,'ng <'lhl'l ml';I~ures
<br />..\mendmenb I,) tnls \cglSl.,tlull III 2l)Q4
<br />ulIlunucd III t'nhJ.nc,' w.lter lPn."..'f\';llll1n-
<br />relaled hn~llltl:ll Jnd techlll"il lllecnll\'c,>
<br />f,lT (<,lorauo n'mmunrtle5 :\lllcndl1lcnh
<br />mdudcd rll'\'ISlllll~ spcnfpng tnat after
<br />July 200<,. \.:<)\ered cnUlU,';; '-l'('ktng Iman-
<br />clal.l;;"-I;;l.\lll'l.' f[(lm the (\\'CIl <'l Cl,k.rad<l
<br />\\';:ll("[ RC",,'UTl('<' ,llld r,'wcr Dc\'elopment
<br />AUlnont} must ,,-ubmll J. nl'\\' Of rcn,...'J
<br />~'onSt~n',lti,m pbn fllr the bllJrds Jppr,w.ll
<br />hefnre funds ('an bt- rdc<l:'Kd Other PW\l-
<br />SlOns lrllrcJ5>Cd the ~op..' of wllrk f,'r the
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