BOARD01559

• Board Meeting Date: 2/17/1989
• Description: Meeting Notes & Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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37-60.5-102. Retail municipal water-savinq proarams. (1) Within

2 two years from the effective date of this article, each agency, utility

3 or other entity with retail municipal water distribution responsibilities

4 shall develop and make publicly available a program pursuant to which such

5 agency, utility or other entity shall seek to save or encourage the saving

6. by its retail municipal water users of water that is reasonable to save,

7 taking into account the cost-effectiveness, environmental so~,dness and

8 practicality of water-saving measures under conditions that apply within

9 the service area of such agency, utility or other entity. Any such agency,

10 utility or other entity may make changes to this program, and shall make

11 these changes publicly available, at anytime to reflect changed conditions.

12 Any program developed pursuant to this section shall reflect consideration

13 of at least the following measures:

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(a}Local adoption of state standards, if any, for water7using appliances;

15 (b) Water rate structure reform measures designed to communicate to

16 water users the cost of the next increment of water supply;

17 (c) 'Distribution system leak detection and repair;

18 (d) Installation of water meters on all unmetered residential, in-

19 dustrial, and commercial installations; and

20 (e) Water use regulatory measures, where applicable, including measures

21 to reduce the amount of water applied to outdoor nonagricultural uses.

22 37-60.5-103. Plans for water wholesalinq authorities. Any entity

23 charged with the duty of wholesaling water to wholesale municipal cus-

24 tomers in this state shall develop and make publicly available a plan,

25 within two and one-half years from the effective date of this article or

26 within two and one-half years from the effective date of the entity's for-

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