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<br />r~'" SCHMUESER I GORDON I MEYER <br />Z".... <br />~ ENGINEERS 6. SURVEYORS <br /> <br />CI Fl ~woc ["J SPRINGS <br /> <br />~ 5?f" t--J <br /> <br />CRESTeD B...:>TTE <br /> <br />I 18 W. 6TH. 5UIT~ 200 <br /> <br />F.O. aox 2: J 55 <br /> <br />P.O. BOX .308a <br /> <br />G~ SPRINGS. CO 8 1601 ASPEN. co a I 6 I 2 <br />970-945-1004 970-925-6727 <br />FX: 970-945-5948 FX~ 970-925-4157 <br /> <br />CRESTED BUTTE, CO 8 I 224 <br /> <br />970-349-5355 <br />F'X: 970-349-5358 <br /> <br />January 3, 2008 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />JAN 07 2008 <br /> <br />Veva Caig <br />Direct-Office of Water Conservation and Drought Colorado Planning <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />1313 Sherman Street, Room 721 <br />Denver, CO 80203 <br /> <br />tJo1orado Waler Cons(jfvar!O(I ~(. _.; <br /> <br />Dear Ms. McCaig, <br /> <br />Please accept the following report as the -50% Progress Report' for the City of Rifle's eweB Water <br />Conservation Plan Development project <br /> <br />Water Conservation Plan Development Project Scope <br /> <br />The City of Rifle Water Conservation Plan is being developed following eWeB's recommended <br />9-Step approach. The core of this process is cost-benefit analysis, performed iteratively, to <br />identify conservation Ineasures and progrmns that provide adequate payback based on their ability <br />to delay or take the place of future increments of water supply and/or water (and wastewater) <br />system capacity as well as to reduce future operations and maintenance costs of the City's Utility <br />Department. <br /> <br />Task 01: Profile Existing Water System, Develop a Water Use Profile & Forecast Future Water <br />Demand, Profile Proposed Facilities (planning Steps #1 through #3) <br /> <br />Scheduled comoletion: <br />Estimated cOlTIoletion to date: <br /> <br />Oct. ], 2007 <br />90% <br /> <br />A 5-year (approximate) water use profile has been completed with significant effort_ As noted in <br />the grant application, the 2006 Water Master Plan documented much of Steps #] through #3~ <br />Manipulation of a spreadsheet to predict conservation effects on potable infrastructure expansion <br />timing and capacity is underway. <br /> <br />Task 02: Identify Water Conservation Goals (Planning Step #4) <br /> <br />Scheduled comoJetion: <br />Estimated comoletion to date: <br /> <br />Oct. 15, 2007 <br />50% <br /> <br />Work to date includes researching and presenting potential reasons for water conservation for the <br />City of Rifle. This included a workshop with City Council and discussions with key stakeholders, <br />including high-use customers and landscape professionals. A challenge encountered when <br />identifying reasons to justify water conservation was the relatively low cost of water supplies and <br />electrical energy in Western Colorado. <br /> <br />SGM # 99055A..388 <br /> <br />Progress Report - 500/0 <br />