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<br />., <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Program History: 2004 & 2005 <br /> <br />Slow the Flow Colorado is a best practice landscape irrigation program and is modeled <br />after a successful program developed by the Utah State University Cooperative <br />Extension. The project offers landscape irrigation audits at no charge to homeowners, <br />renters, housing communities and businesses. These audits assess irrigation systems and <br />provide information and data regarding water use strategies that result in reduced water <br />consumption while meeting the desired goals of the homeowner. The program was <br />adopted in 2004 as a pilot and is running in 2005 as a program of the Center for ReSource <br />Conservation (CRC). The audits are conducted for a nine week period in June, July and <br />August. Many months of work go into preparation ofthe program and a significant <br />amount of time is spent in the fall analyzing and reporting on data. <br /> <br />Slow the Flow Colorado 2004 <br />In 2004 the Slow the Flow Colorado program reached 479 homes in 5 Front Range <br />communities: Erie, Boulder, Longmont, Louisville and Lafayette. Final results showed <br />that over 94% of the systems audited did not meet basic industry standards for efficiency. <br />Furthermore, the audits demonstrated that the corrective action in most cases was easy <br />and inexpensive for the system owner. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Overall Results 2004 <br />. Total # of audits= 479 audits (444 residential, 30 parks,S commercial) <br />· Total # of zones audited=720+ (multiple zones were audited and averaged for <br />large water audits.) <br />. At the end ofthe auditing season in 2004 we have a waitlist of 400 homes. <br /> <br />The cost of running the Slow the Flow Colorado program in 2004 was $100 per audit. <br />The cost of each audit was split between the municipalities involved in the program and a <br />grant that the CRC received from the CWCB to run the program. <br /> <br />The 2004 program had a full-time staff of 7 people. <br /> <br />Slow the Flow Colorado 2005 <br /> <br />In the summer of 2005 the CRC continued its successful Slow the Flow Colorado <br />program. Considering the waiting list of over 400 homes from the 2004 program, <br />significant growth and participation in this year's program was anticipated. <br /> <br />The following municipalities signed on as project partners: <br /> <br /> . Boulder <br /> . Longmont <br /> . Thornton <br /> . Erie <br />. . Lafayette <br /> 2 <br />