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<br />, <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Water Efficiency Planning <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />Nine conservation <br />measures should be <br />considered in any <br />efficiency plan as <br />outlined in the bill, <br />Those measures are: <br /> <br />1, Water efficient <br />fixtures; <br />2, Low water use <br />landscapes and <br />irrigation; <br />3, Water efficient <br />industrial/commercial <br />water-using processes; <br />4, Water reuse systems, <br />potable and non-potable; <br />5, Distribution system <br />leak repair; <br />6, Dissemination of <br />information; <br />7, Water rate structures <br />to encourage efficiency; <br />8, Regulatory measures; <br />and <br />9. Incentives to <br />implement water use <br />efficiency techniques, <br /> <br />By June 4,1996, HB 91-1154 required that water <br />efficiency plans be developed with the assistance of the owe <br />staff, for water providers that retail 2,000 acre-feet or more of <br />water per year, These plans are to encourage domestic, <br />commercial, industrial and public facility customers to use water <br />more efficiently, This is done on a voluntary basis since no <br />enforcement mechanisms exist should a provider choose not to <br />comply with the requirements of the bill. <br /> <br />In 1991, there were only a few Colorado communities <br />with water conservation plans, There are now over 50 <br />communities with existing plans or plans in the work and mOTe <br />than 804,000 acre feet of water subject to the planning <br />requirement. OWC estimates that an additional 10,000 acre-feet <br />of water will annually be affected by this planning effort in the <br />future and continually identifies additional entities whose delivery <br />of water exceeds the 2,000 acre-foot level, bringing them under <br />the requirements of the planning requirement. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Water use efficiency plans are site specific and tailored to <br />meet the needs of the implementing entity, Therefore, anticipated <br />water savings vary and are difficult to measure, Most entities <br />have chosen to implement measures that are lowest in cost, with <br />distribution system leak repair and dissemination of information <br />regarding water use efficiency measures receiving the most use in <br />efficiency plans to date. As the program proceeds during future <br />years, the development of baseline data will assist in measuring <br />true water savings as a result of the plans, <br /> <br />. <br />