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| Name | Water Conservation Plan : City of Boulder, Colorado |
| Release Year | 2009 |
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| Description | The purpose of this Water Conservation Plan is to provide guidance in updating and implementing the city’s Water Conservation Program in a way that is compatible with the city’s water supply system, existing conservation programs, water resources management strategy, and values of the community.The city provides potable water to approximately 113,000 residents in its service area, which encompasses a total of just under 26 square miles. The city’s total annual treated water demand is approximately 18,600 acre-feet (2007 demand), primarily supplied by surface water withdrawn from Boulder Creek, and secondarily from the Colorado-Big Thompson and Windy Gap Projects on the western slope. Residential single-family users make up most of the 28,500 connections in the service area. Across all sectors, citywide annual demand per connection totaled approximately 213,000 gallons in 2007. The city’s total daily per capita water use has varied from year to year, from a low of 148 gallons per capita per day (gpcd) in 2004 and 2007 to a high of 209 gpcd in 1988. Since the adoption of the city’s comprehensive conservation program following completion of the Water Conservation Futures Study in 1999, per capita water use has significantly declined, particularly from the severe drought year of 2002 to present.Today, the city operates a wide range of conservation programs that address both indoor and outdoor water use, as well as a variety of customer categories. City Council has adopted a comprehensive water conservation program for the city to achieve an overall reduction of water use at build-out. Implementation of the city’s goal has been accomplished through an extensive water conservation program that continues to develop. Achievement of these targets will result in an expected overall reduction in total demand in the range of 19 percent at build-out as compared to water use at build-out absent a Water Conservation Program. Per capita water use at build-out may be greater than 2007 levels due to increases in the population to jobs ratio but will be less than without the Water Conservation Program.Completion and approval by the Colorado Water Conservation Board of this Water Conservation Plan is anticipated to occur by fall 2009. Monitoring of the city’s water conservation progress will be carried out in a variety of ways, including but not limited to the tracking of billing system data, daily water and wastewater treatment and production, daily operations of the city’s surface water supply system, annual program costs, number of rebates, and feedback from the public. |
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| Source | Local Government |
| Keywords | Drought, Conservation, Supply, Urban Growth, Monitoring, Evaluation |
| Homepage | http://cwcb.state.co.us/water-management/conservation/Pages/WaterConservationPlanning.aspx |
