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<br />Denver Water Department <br />July 27. 1978 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Respondents also expressed a willingness to limit <br /> <br />their own use of water. Fifty-three percent said that lawn <br />watering should be the primary area of restriction, 14 percent <br /> <br />named industrial use and 10 percent household use of water. <br /> <br />When asked whether they were willing to sacrifice half of <br /> <br />their lawn in order to conserve water, 77 percent said yes <br /> <br />and only 15 percent said no. Sixty-two percent of the <br /> <br />respondents who owned dishwashers were willing to give up <br /> <br />use of the appliance, and 79 percent of all respondents <br /> <br />expressed a willingness to pay for the installation of water <br /> <br />saving devices in order to conserve water. <br /> <br />The survey found little ~ontroversy among respondents <br />on the issue of installing water meters. A 59 percent <br /> <br />majority said everyone in the metro area should have a <br /> <br />water meter, and only eight percent said that those on flat <br /> <br />rate should not be metered. <br /> <br />(Twenty eight percent felt meters <br /> <br />made little difference.) Only 18 percent of customers <br /> <br />currently on flat rate felt they should be allowed to <br /> <br />continue without a meter. <br /> <br />Citizens surveyed were generally satisfied with the <br /> <br />amount of their water bills. Sixty-one percent felt their <br />water bills were about right and only 15 percent felt they <br />were too high. Many respondents (21 percent) did not know if <br /> <br />their water water bills were high, low or about right. <br /> <br />(more) <br /> <br />00682 <br />