BOARD01420

• Board Meeting Date: 5/16/2006
• Description: OWCDP Section - Water Efficiency Grant Request from the Center for Resource Conservation
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

Slow the Flow Colorado 2005 employed 10 full-time auditors during the summer (3 of
which were re-hired from the 2004 audit program to mentor new staff.) One full time
scheduler/program assistant worked during the summer and continued into the fall. The
CRC's Water Conservation Program Manager, Kara Csibrik, spends approximately 50%
of her full-time work load at the CRC dedicated to making this program a success
(approximately 1000 hours per year). Kara has the main responsibility in executing the
program and managing all staff involved.

Overall Results 2005
. Total # ofaudits= 1200 audits (1146 residential 11 HOA's, 5 parks, 2
commercial*)
*HOA's, Parks, and Commercial sites are counted by the number of hours it takes
to complete them as they can take much longer then residential audits. A total of
90 hours were spent auditing HOA's, 18 hours on commercial sites and 8 hours
on parks. A total of 2,292 hours were spent auditing residential sites.)
. At the end of the auditing season in 2005 we had a waitlist of 144 homes.
. Additional communities have expressed interest in participation in a 2006
program. These communities are: Aurora, Greeley, Loveland, Ft Collins, and
Windsor.

Final results showed that 80% of the systems tested did not meet industry standards for
efficiency.

Slow the Flow Colorado 2006

This year it is anticipated that we will conduct nearly 2000 irrigation audits, a 60%
increase from 2005. We have participation from the cities of

. Aurora
. Boulder
. Longmont
. Lafayette
. Westminster
. Thornton
. Golden
. Erie
. Greeley

The growth in the program over the past two years is indicative of the value seen in the
program by the participating cities. Each year the program has grown to accommodate as
many audits as the CRC staff feel can be professionally managed given the experience
with the program and the amount of financial support available. The 2006 program size

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