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Recommended Water Conservation Program for Public Water Systems
From Table 1, Municipal Water Conservation Analysis and Recommendations, Washington State Department of Health, December 1998. Another version of this chart appears in the Conservation Planning Requirements: Guidelines and Requirements for Public Water Systems Regarding Water Use Reporting, Demand Forecasting Methodology, and Conservation Programs (
353 KB), Washington State Dept of Health and Dept. of Ecology, March 1994
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| A. Public Education 1. School Outreach 2. Speakers Bureau 3. Program Promotion (implementation required) 4. Theme Shows and Fairs |
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| B. Technical Assistance 1. Purveyor Assistance 2. Customer Assistance 3. Technical Studies 4. Bill Showing Consumption History |
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| C. System Measures 1. Source Meters (required if requesting water rights) 2. Service Meters 3. Unaccounted Water/Leak Detection (leak repair required if unaccounted for water exceeds 20%) |
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| D. Incentives/Other Measures 1. Single-Family/Multi-Family Kits 2. Nurseries/Agriculture 3. Landscape Management/Playfields 4. Conservation Pricing 5. Utility Financed Retrofit 6. Seasonal Demand Management 7. Recycling/Reuse |
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DEFINITIONS:
| Large System Measures: | Applies to utilities having 25,001 or more service connections. This program requires considerable staff effort and possible changes in land use or building code controls for implementation of some of the program measures. |
| Medium System Measures: | Applies to utilities with 1,0000 to 25,000 service connections. |
| Small System Measures: | Required of all public water systems with fewer than 1000 service connections which must prepare a water system plan or obtain water rights. |
| NOTE: | Systems identifying the need for additional water rights must comply with the conservation program for the next largest size system (i.e. small systems must comply with medium system program). Additionally, such systems must also evaluate water right changes, interties, artificial recharge and water reuse as alternatives to new water rights. |