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<br />-DRAFT- <br /> <br />City of Louisville <br />Water Conservation Plan <br /> <br />Summary: <br /> <br />The City of Louisville's Water Conservation Plan highlights current and future <br />measures that the City implements to insure that the City utilizes best practices, now <br />and in the future, to wisely manage the City's water resources. The Plan also <br />address the regulatory requirements of 937-60-126 C.RS. <br /> <br />Conservation practices and acquisition of lands for n space reduced <br />the City's ultimate demand from a high of 10,026 acr (AF) to t e current <br />forecast demand of 7,120 acre-feet. Some conse ractices can result in <br />significant water savings and are easily measurable e leaks, utilization of <br />reuse, improved irrigation efficiencies on large ), etc. These <br />previously implemented practices have sa e-feet of water <br />annually, on average. The effectiveness 0 rvation ractices; including <br />education, rebates, rate structures, etc., are ifficult to measure. These <br />practices, while difficult to measure eir individu tiveness, appear to have <br />some impact on the reduction of de as sho the generally downward <br />trend of citywide gallons-per-capita-pe 1992, a five-year average of <br />citywide demands was 235 gpcd by t ear average of demands was <br />reduced to 193 gpcd. This es to a tained eighteen percent drop in citywide <br />gpcd. Similar trends n in t arious customer types; residential, <br />multifamily, commerci tail, . ,and irrigation, from before and after the <br />2002 drought. While the gnificant positive downward trend, some of <br />this trend could in residential/commercial makeup within the <br />City, recent c nd memory of the recent drought. As Louisville <br />continues t ot nd dry year, and as people's memory of the 2002 <br />drought fades I ome of the recent reductions in usage may disappear. <br /> <br /> <br />The purpose this Water Conservation Plan, through the continued <br />utilization of curren measures and implementation of future measures, is to <br />maintain nt gains, reduce impacts of future development, keep citywide gpcd <br />and usa by individual customer types consistent with neighboring entities, and <br />compile data for determining the effectiveness of Plan measures. It is believed that <br />through the continued use of this Plan and as new programs are developed and <br />implemented an additional savings of 5.0 percent is significant, yet realistic over the <br />coming years. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />City of Louisville <br /> <br />Water Conservation Plan <br />