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<br />recently implemented or from additional conservation measures that may <br />be implemented in the future. <br /> <br />CONSERVATION <br /> <br />1.10 Many communities in the metropolitan area are currently <br /> <br /> <br />implementing conservation measures. These measures are predicted to <br /> <br /> <br />save up to 12,600 acre-feet per year by the year 2000. This <br /> <br /> <br />projection is shown as Conservation Program I in figure 1-4. Three <br /> <br /> <br />additional conservation program levels were defined that represent <br /> <br /> <br />increasing levels of implementation of the following seven <br /> <br /> <br />conservation measures: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. Lawn size restrictions; <br /> <br /> <br />. Water-saving plumbing fiKtures; <br /> <br /> <br />. Lawn-watering education; <br /> <br /> <br />. Residential metering; <br /> <br /> <br />. Increasing block rates; <br /> <br /> <br />. Public open space irrigation management; and <br /> <br /> <br />. Reduction in system losses; e.g., leakage, meter calibration, <br /> <br /> <br />and monitoring <br /> <br />Conservation Programs 2 and 3 represent voluntary adoption of some or <br /> <br /> <br />all of these measures. Conservation Program 4 includes complete <br /> <br /> <br />adoption of all of the measures in all communities receiving water <br /> <br /> <br />from permitted projects. <br /> <br />1.11 Figure 1-4 shows that implementation of Conservation Program 4 <br /> <br /> <br />would eKtend the existing safe yield about 5 years and would reduce <br /> <br />the total demand by 40,000 acre-feet in 2035. These estimates of <br /> <br /> <br />reduced demand resulting from Conservation Program 4 do not include <br /> <br /> <br />the potential for water savings that could result from irrigation <br /> <br /> <br />management on public use areas. Implementation of Conservation <br /> <br /> <br />Program 4 is likely because cost estimates and water savings estimates <br /> <br /> <br />indicate that each of the measures would provide water at a lower cost <br /> <br />1-6 <br />