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<br />"'....' ."', """ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-""." ...."'...." ....... ."'. ,.'" ..." <br /> <br />............... <br /> <br />JAN-zZ-gg 09:14 <br /> <br />FROM-DENVER WATER <br /> <br />3036286349 <br /> <br />T-,35 P.02/04 F-SSl <br /> <br />~''\.'\.\'ll <br />?~"'~~:::"'I/I' <br />,. .... r. <br />~!i S":l:.:r.:.\ ~ ~ <br />: J ,t: 'L ":;, <br />, ""@'" <br />~ r.. . ., <br />II.... .,/ :', <br />I ...... ~ .....:: <br />'I ..Clr...... - <br />,\\\.\,,~,-,-- <br /> <br />Denver Board of Water Commissioners <br /> <br />D~isc.s. MUS, PrclM1I <br />WilJa..l. ~::a""". 151 ",;c~ Prold.a\t <br />IIi....", A. c;rl< <br />10....4 L- \.olI, <br />WiUAm I.lollotu <br /> <br />tI..,n'ltcl.lilrl')'.IIf, M:IM.""ICcf <br /> <br />16t\J Wo!'Sl I ::!:th ,\Vt~nl.oe <br />D.,'...er, CJI'..l(:u~o .!itJ'::S4 <br />'JOJ/628..&oQu <br />~J"'" 303/6.28.65'09 <br />hJb"'Jl.eT ".::hen"'~f.co.gO.. <br /> <br />January 21.1998 <br /> <br />The Honorable Dan Schaefer <br />United States House of Representatives <br />2160 Rayburn House Office Building <br />Washington, D.C. 20515-0606 <br /> <br />RE: H.R. 859 - Legislation Repeal the Water and Energy Efficiency <br />Standards for Plumbing Fixtures <br /> <br />Dear Representative Schaefer. <br /> <br />I am writing to express the concerns of Denver Water with resllect to the <br />legislation proposed by Representative Knollenberg seeking to repeal the water <br />conserving plumbing fixture standards in the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Denver <br />Water has been very supportive of these water efficient plumbing s~ndards, and <br />the urban water supply community throughout the West has a stake in ensuring <br />that there will be no rollback of the Federal mandate. The repeal of the water <br />conserving plumbing fixture standard would handicap the water and energy <br />conservation efforts of our utility and other utilities throughout the West, and hurt <br />impon:ant long-range water supply planning efforts. <br /> <br />Denver Water is the whOlesale and retail water provider to almost 1,000,000 <br />people within a 324 sql.lare mile service area, including all of !he City and County <br />of Denver and portions of several adjoining counties. In 1996 Denver Water <br />treated and delivered 76,203,960.000 gallons of water. <br />Denlr'er Water has been working toward conse/'llation and wise water use since <br />the organization was formed in 1916. In fact, the term .Xeriscape" [landscaping <br />for water conservation) was created by Denver Water in 1991, and the nation's <br />first Xeriscape Demonstration Garden was installed at Denver Waters <br />headquarters. <br /> <br />Denver Water recently completed a three-year Integrated Resource Planning <br />process (lRP) aimed at identifying Mure demands for water and determining the <br />best way to meet these demands. Results of the IRP show that Denver Water <br />will need an additional 100,000 acre-feet of water annually in order to meet the <br />total demand by 2045, when all areas which Denver Water is contractually <br />obligated to serve are fully developed. In October 1996 the Board of Water <br /> <br />CONSERVE <br />