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Water Conservation Specialist
Alice Conovitz
Fort Collins Utilities
Water Efficiency
Plan (WEP) Update
Water Commission
June 5, 2025
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What information does Water Commission need prior to
providing a recommendation to City Council to adopt the
updated Water Efficiency Plan?
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•Draft WEP release for public comment at
ourcity.fcgov.com/wep
•Revised efficiency goals:
•Goal 1 increased from 3% to 4% reduction
by 2040
•Revised specific targets to support the
broader goals
•Finalized list of proposed efficiency strategies
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Utilities Water Profile
•6,032,000,000 gallons (18,500 acre-feet) annual
treated water use
•57% indoor, 43% outdoor
•60% residential, 40% commercial
Why a WEP?
•Guide water use and efficiency
•Set goals
•2015 goal: 130 GPCD by 2030
•Prioritize strategies: programs, incentives, policies
•Minimize risk of water shortage
•Meet state requirements
Fort Collins Utilities
~ 139,000 residents
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•Growth and climate drive potential
for more water shortages
•Water efficiency:
•Lowers annual demand by about
2% (155,000,000 gal.)
•Builds resilience, prepares
community to act
•Minimizes increases to utility and
customer costs
•Storage, water rights portfolio,
source water protection, and land
use planning also critical
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Fort Collins Utilities Treated Water Demand
(Actual & Projected)
20-yr
average
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5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Status Quo (Moderate Growth, No Climate Change)
Warmer
Hot
Demand Projections (Draft Examples)
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What drives demand increases?
Moderate growth example
•Approx. 7% -- 12% demand increase by 2040
•Build out remaining greenspace with current zoning
•Key uncertainty: commercial growth
•No climate change
•No additional conservation
Warming examples
•Additional approx. 4% -- 7% demand increase by 2040
•Monthly maximum temperature
•“Warmer” = mean projected change
•“Hot” = mean + 1 standard deviation projected change
•Key uncertainties⎻commercial growth⎻How much warming and in what months?⎻How will precipitation change?
DRAFT
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WEP Update Inputs
WEP goals and strategies
Broad community
City staff
Equity-priority community members
Future water risksWater savings
Resources, timelines, feasibility
Equitable outcomes
State
requirements
City leadership,
boards,
commissions
Experience,
best practices
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WEP Update Inputs
WEP goals and strategies
Broad community
City staff
Disproportionately impacted community members
Future water risksWater savings
Resources, timelines, feasibility
Equitable outcomes
State
requirements
City leadership,
boards,
commissions
Experience,
best practices
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WEP Update Inputs
WEP goals and strategies
Broad community
City staff
Disproportionately impacted community members
Future water risksWater savings
Resources, timelines, feasibility
Equitable outcomes
State
requirements
City leadership,
boards,
commissions
Experience,
best practices
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Concerns about water scarcity and
providing for future generations
Willingness to take action
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Concerns about water scarcity and
providing for future generations
Willingness to take action
Goal 1: Reach 4% annual reduction in
water demand by 2040 to reduce risk of
shortages
→Target 1.1: Lower overall annual treated water
demand by 320,000,000 gal. below projected
→Target 1.2: Double volume of savings from
efficiency strategies by 2040
→Target 1.3: Lower treated water use at City
properties by a total cumulative volume of
5,000,000 gal. by 2040
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Concerns about water scarcity and
providing for future generations
Willingness to take action
Want everyone to take responsibility
Desire for landscape change away from
turf grass
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Concerns about water scarcity and
providing for future generations
Willingness to take action
Want everyone to take responsibility
Desire for landscape change away from
turf grass
Goal 2: Improve water efficiency and
build resilience on City-owned
landscapes, to benefit the community
and environment
→Target 2.1: The City will implement at least 1
new water-saving project in each 2-year
municipal budget cycle, for at least 7 new
projects on City landscapes by 2040.
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Strategies impact our whole
community
•Provide opportunities for all
•Customize to meet customer sector
needs
•Lead by example
•Continue doing what works well
Communications and marketing drive success
Strategies are areas of opportunity
•Follow normal processes for
approval post-WEP
•Track, report, and adjust over time
to attain goals
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•Prioritized based on water savings, cost, feasibility, equitable outcomes, acceptance
•Engagement input:
•Balance incentives and regulations
•Minimize barriers
•City already does a lot, community doesn’t know
Strategy Distribution by Customer Strategy Distribution by Approach Potential Annual Water Savings
(Water savings based on current population and climate.)
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Objectives
•Gradually lower demand to minimize shortage risk
•Offset demand increases due to rising temperature
•Reduce barriers, expand access to opportunities
•Do our part and lower municipal water use
2040 Targets
•320 MG below annual projections for overall demand
•2x increase in Water Conservation Division savings
•5 MG cumulative reduction in City treated water use
Goal 1
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Goal 1: Reach 4% Annual Reduction in Water Demand by 2040
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Target 1.1:
Lower
overall
annual
treated
water
demand by
320 MG
below
projected
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3.0%3.5%4.0%
3.4%*2.3%2.5%
2.1%
2.5%
0
6,000
12,000
18,000
24,000
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2030 2035 2040
Measured Efficiency Savings
Targeted Efficiency Savings
Treated Water Demand
Projected Treated Water Demand (Moderate Growth and Climate Change)______________________________________________________________________________________________
* 2020 had 1.9% (130 MG) program savings and 1.5% (105 MG) shortage restrictions savings.
Benefits of Efficiency & Need for More
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Historical: 2% (155 MG) avg.
savings
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3.0%3.5%4.0%
3.4%*2.3%2.5%
2.1%
2.5%
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6,000
12,000
18,000
24,000
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2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2030 2035 2040
Measured Efficiency Savings
Targeted Efficiency Savings
Treated Water Demand
Projected Treated Water Demand (Moderate Growth and Climate Change)______________________________________________________________________________________________
* 2020 had 1.9% (130 MG) program savings and 1.5% (105 MG) shortage restrictions savings.
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4% Goal Benefits
•320 MG is enough for
•3,400 single-family units
•230 office-type businesses
•Conservation program savings about
20x cheaper than new water rights
•Offsets demand increase driven by
rising temperatures
•Shortage preparedness
•Build informed, responsive
community
•Now: 1-in-10 yr restrictions
•5°F warmer by 2070: 4x
more months under
restrictionsHistorical: 2% (155 MG) avg.
savings
Moderate future growth +
climate scenario
Goal 1: 4% (320 MG) avg.
savings
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Reach 4% annual
reduction in
water demand by
2040 to reduce
risk of shortages
New Strategy Opportunities
•HOA & large turf transformation
•Rental incentives, education
•Land use policies & developer incentives
•Daytime watering limits
•Plumbing repair assistance
•Grants
•Commercial water use benchmarking
•City facility plumbing retrofits
•City landscape changes
Keep Doing Strategies that Work
•Advanced metering
•Xeriscape programs
•System water loss tracking/repair
Distribution
System
Loss City Account
Demand
Customer
Demand,
Indoor
Customer
Demand,
Outdoor
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Customer A – Single-unit Residential Property
4% annual reduction = 3,300 gallons
•730 gallons/year: Shorter showers & showerhead replacement
•Investment: $0 (free showerhead swap), annual bill reduction: $2.50
•5,000 gallons/year: Irrigation evaluation, schedule improvements, fix
broken/tilted heads
•Investment: $0 (free program), annual bill reduction: $16.50
•2,400 gallons/year: 400 sq. ft. turf-to-xeric project
•Investment: $750 (before $400 rebate), annual bill reduction: $11
Customer B – Commercial Office Building
4% annual reduction = 56,000 gallons
•60,300 gallons/year: Replace 10 urinals (1 gpf 0.125 gpf)
•Investment: $5,000 (rebate eligible), annual bill reduction: $180
•57,000 gallons/year: 8,000 sq. ft. turf-to-xeric project
•Investment: $40,000 (before $12,000 rebate), annual bill reduction: $270
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Objectives
•Benefit the community and environment through
investment in public spaces
•Update aging landscapes to modern efficiency
•Prioritize water use on multi-benefit landscapes like
trees and sports fields
Target
•Complete 7 City landscape projects by 2040
•All City landscapes, including raw water and other
service areas
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Improve water
efficiency and
build resilience
on City-owned
landscapes, to
benefit the
community and
environment
Areas of Opportunity
•Irrigation upgrades and/or turf reduction
•Landings Park
•Nature in the City projects
•Water Treatment Facility
•City Hall
•Increase dedicated tree irrigation
•Align planning & communications across departments
Existing Best Practices
•Water use tracking
•Irrigate based on plant need, audits, smart controllers
•Smart new design with xeriscape principles
•Prioritize raw water use
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City Project Examples
Water Savings
Potential (1 year)WEP Goal
Landings Park irrigation and turf
replacement
~ 550,000 gallons Goal 1 & Goal 2
City Hall turf replacement near parking
lots
~ 30,000 gallons Goal 1 & Goal 2
Native plant demonstration garden at the
Farm at Lee Martinez Park
Landscape resilience
(water savings sometimes
possible)
Goal 2
Dedicated tree irrigation Landscape resilience
(water savings sometimes
possible)
Goal 2
Toilet replacements in City buildings ~ 400,000 gallons Goal 1
Water main line repair and replacement ~ 700,000 - 1,400,000
gallons
Goal 1
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Goal 2: Improve water
efficiency and build
resilience on City-owned
landscapes
Objectives: Build landscape
resilience & save water
•Encompasses:
•Treated or raw water
•All City properties in
GMA
Goal 1: Reach 4% annual
reduction in water demand by
2040 to reduce risk of
shortages
Objectives: Lowering overall
demand and shortage risk
•Encompasses:
•Treated water
•Utilities’ service area
•Residential &
commercial customers
•City properties in
Utilities’ service area
Fort Collins Utilities
(water)
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•FCLWD 2023 WEP goal:
•Lower water use by 9% (cumulative) over the 10-year planning period, with specific customer sector targets
•Expect demand to increase by almost 50% by 2033 due to growth
•Heavily dependent on C-BT & NISP
•Conservation activities expected to save up to 1,229 AF/yr (400 MG)
•ELCO 2024 WEP goal:
•Achieve water savings goal of 172 AF/yr (56 MG) in 2030 (relative to baseline projected demand)
•Population expected to triple by 2045, which will be ~ 60% buildout
•Heavily dependent on C-BT
•Conservation activities targeting 172 AF/yr (56 MG) savings by 2030
Fort Collins Utilities
36,000 accounts, 35 sq. mi.
139,000 pop’n
~60% residential
6,032,000,000 gal/yr
ELCO
8,000 accounts, 53 sq. mi.
23,000 pop’n
~70% residential
1,100,000,000 gal/yr
FCLWD
19,800 accounts, 60 sq. mi.
64,000 pop’n
~66% residential
3,500,000,000 gal/yr
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Examples
•Castle Rock, CO
•3-day/wk, 8pm – 8am watering May – Sep.
•No turf in front yard, < 500 sf in back yard, no KBG
•Current avg. (res. + comm.): 117 GPCD, 20% reduction
•Goal: 100 GPCD (~15% reduction) by 2050
•Aurora
•3-day/wk, 6pm – 10am watering May – Sep.
•Permit & inspection required for lawn install and irrigation
install/renovation
•Current avg. GPCD (res. + comm.): 118 GPCD
•Goal (2015): 10% GPCD reduction by 2040
Remember: challenges with cross-comparing GPCD
metric
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CWCB pre-review (30 days)
Public comment (through 6/23)
5/15–Planning & Zoning Comm.
5/21–Natural Resources Advisory Board
5/28 –Parks & Recreation Board
April – May
6/5, 7/17 – Water Commission
Evaluate feedback
Finalize WEP
June – August
9/2 – Seek Council approval
September
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Headline Copy Goes HereFeedback Sought
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What information does Water Commission need prior to
providing a recommendation to City Council to adopt the
updated Water Efficiency Plan?
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Regulatory Strategies
Existing:
•Wasting water ordinance
•Building codes and plumbing standards
•Landscape, irrigation, and soil codes
•Review of irrigation plans with development review
•Graywater reuse
•Water adequacy determination
•Restrictive covenants ordinance
•Water Shortage Action Plan
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Regulatory Strategies – Cost Impacts for Development
NEW Description Cost to
Development
Other impacts
Daily sprinkler watering
window
Limits turf irrigation to
6pm-10am
None Must schedule and
monitor irrigation
system
Examine existing land
use regulations for
barriers or conflicts to
water efficiency
Code evaluation to
determine
opportunities to
improve efficiency
None – study
will make
recommendati
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Need to consider
conflicts and
community values
Parkway landscaping
regulations
Limits non-functional
turf in right of ways.
Required by SB 24-
005
Evaluating,
but CO
requirement
Ongoing
maintenance
Single Family turf
limitations
Limits non-functional
turf at homes.
Required by HB 25-
1113
Evaluating,
but CO
requirement
Ongoing
maintenance
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Economic Strategies – Incentives
Existing:
•Indoor product rebates
•Irrigation equipment rebates
•Xeriscape landscape conversion rebates and grants
•Custom rebates for commercial projects
•Conservation-oriented tiered/seasonal rate structures
•Conservation-oriented water supply requirement fee
•Commercial allotments and excess water use surcharge
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Economic Strategies – Incentives
NEW Description Cost to Development Other Impacts
Design Assistance for
new and redevelopment
Voluntary program to building in
above code efficiency in exchange
for funding
Cost savings or neutral Less water bills once
occupied.
Improved collaboration
with PDT
More closely collaborate during
development review and long-
range development planning
None More integrated water
resource planning at
various scales
On-bill financing for
efficiency upgrades
Voluntary low interest loans paid
back on water bills for efficiency
upgrades in existing development
Depends on efficiency
upgrades (voluntary)
None
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•Water Conservation’s ongoing budget (~$1.5M)
•External grants
•Policy that impacts behavior
•BFO –two future enhancements
Goal 1 Lower annual water demand by 4% by 2040
$1.5-1.75M/year
•Actions already occurring
•Grants (internal and external)
•Ongoing budgets
•2050 Tax
Goal 2 Build landscape resilience
$50K/year
•City – Water purchases, regional competition, landscape damage, implementing restrictions
•Customer –Fees & rates, private landscape damage, responding to restrictions
Cost of Inaction
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Engagement
•Disproportionately impacted community members
•Broad engagement
•City staff following One Water collaborative approach
Outcomes
•5,000+ touchpoints
•Meetings, focus groups, community events, survey,
OurCity, ads
•Critical input from Community Consultants
•40+ hours connecting with staff
Equity
•Elevate needs and ideas
•Increase equitable outcomes from conservation strategies
•Build equity evaluation into annual reviews and plans
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•Our collective impact should increase community resilience.
Pursue conservation strategies that:
•Impact our largest water users
•Impact City operations; show how the City saves water
•Everyone can participate in, even if only small water savings
•Increase access and decrease burden
•There is support for a mix of incentives and regulations
•Most people are willing to act
•Conserving water is everyone’s responsibility
•Be thoughtful who you regulate, and who you incentivize
•Make water conservation engaging, accessible, and meaningful
•Give people tools to understand their impact
•Engage with people where and how they are comfortable
•Offer flexible programs, processes
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•Staff do a lot to use water wisely
•Many agreed on the importance of:
•Water conservation for new builds
•Xeriscaping
•Indoor conservation opportunities
•Raw water benefits
•Challenges
•Public perception may not match City efforts
•Public landscapes need to be safe, durable, attractive
•Funding is needed to update older, water-hungry designs
•More info wanted: ⎻Public comments and appetite for xeric landscapes⎻Work/operations implications
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Priority
Rank Water Use Type Votes
1 Indoor Home 99%
2 Health and Safety 94%
3 Indoor Business 77%
4 Other Landscaped Areas (Non-turf)53%
5 Commercial/Public Recreation 40%
6 Turf Grass (Higher Water Use)14%
7 Personal/Private Outdoor Recreation 9%
Higher Priority
Lower Priority
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WEP Survey Results
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WEP Survey Results
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WEP Survey Results
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GPCD decreasing
•9% GPCD decrease since 2010
•45% decrease since 2000
•2015 WEP goal: 130 GPCD by 2030
•2023 met goal at 122 GPCD, with help
from record precipitation
•2024 back up to 136 GPCD
GPCD metric challenges
•Can’t compare across providers
•Calculation method varies
•Customer sector mix varies
•Confusing to customers
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use
•Incorporates residential and
commercial
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Average Annual Water Uses (2019 – 2023)
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52Average Annual Customer Water Demand (2019 – 2023)
Note: Excludes
contractual,
wholesale, and
distribution loss
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City accounts use ~100,000,000 gallons each year,
1.8% of all Utilities treated water…
1.9%
1.7%1.9%
1.7%1.7%1.8%1.9%
1.6%
1.8%
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Customer
Demand,
Indoor
Customer
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Outdoor
…we are also responsible for
•system losses, ~ 168,000,000 gallons
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City Project Examples
Water Savings
Potential (1 year)WEP Goal
Landings Park
irrigation and turf
replacement
Planned project to lower outdoor treated water use and build landscape resilience through
irrigation system efficiency upgrades and converting turf to low-water landscape. Landings Park
requires over 3.5 MGY of treated water to irrigate 309,000 square feet (7.1 acres). The 2019
Parks Irrigation Master Plan identified Landings Park as a high priority for infrastructure
replacement.
~ 550,000 gallons Goal 1 & Goal 2!
Native plant
demonstration
Lee Martinez Park
Planned project to promote landscape resilience through demonstrating use of native and xeric
plants and alternative lawns.
Landscape resilience
(water savings sometimes
possible)
Goal 2
City Hall turf
replacement near
parking lots
Possible project to lower outdoor treated water use and build landscape resilience in a highly
efficiency upgrades and converting 7,500 sq. ft. of turf to low-water landscape.
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~ 30,000 gallons Goal 1 and Goal 2
Dedicated tree
irrigation
Possible projects to support tree health and canopy by installing dedicated irrigation to trees that
does not depend on overhead irrigation of the surrounding turf grass. This ensures trees can be
watered during shortages, even if restrictions limit turf irrigation.
Landscape resilience
(water savings sometimes
possible)
Goal 2
Toilet replacements
in City buildings
Possible projects such as replacing 35 less-efficient toilets with modern, high-efficiency units. ~ 400,000 gallons Goal 2
Water main line
repair and
replacement
Increase pace of current actions related to water line repair and replacement to lower distribution
system water losses and main line breaks. Current water line replacement rate is about 0.3%, or
2.5 linear miles, per year. Goal is 1% (5 linear miles). Water leaks from the Utilities distribution
system exceed 80 MGY, based on water loss audits.
~ 700,000 - 1,400,000
gallons
Goal 1
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•2023 WEP goal: Lower water use by 9% (cumulative)
over the 10-year planning period, with specific customer
sector targets
•Expect demand to increase by almost 50% by 2033 due
to growth
•Heavily dependent on C-BT & NISP
•About 60% outdoor use
•Conservation activities expected to save up to 1,229
AF/yr (400 MG)
•12 activities identified in WEP
•Most similar to what we already do
•New ideas: hydrant flushing truck, SFR conservation
taps without potable irrigation
Fort Collins Utilities
36,000 accounts, 35 sq. mi.
139,000 pop’n
~60% residential
6,032,000,000 gal/yr
ELCO
8,000 accounts, 53 sq. mi.
23,000 pop’n
~70% residential
1,100,000,000 gal/yr
FCLWD
19,800 accounts, 60 sq. mi.
64,000 pop’n
~66% residential
3,500,000,000 gal/yr
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•2024 WEP goal: Achieve water savings goal of 172 AF/yr
(56 MG) in 2030 (relative to baseline projected demand)
•Population expected to triple by 2045, which will be ~
60% buildout
•Heavily dependent on C-BT
•43% outdoor use
•~20% of residential customers can access raw water
for irrigation
•Conservation activities targeting 172 AF/yr (56 MG)
savings by 2030
•8 activities identified in WEP
•Similar to what we already do
Fort Collins Utilities
36,000 accounts, 35 sq. mi.
139,000 pop’n
~60% residential
6,032,000,000 gal/yr
ELCO
8,000 accounts, 53 sq. mi.
23,000 pop’n
~70% residential
1,100,000,000 gal/yr
FCLWD
19,800 accounts, 60 sq. mi.
64,000 pop’n
~66% residential
3,500,000,000 gal/yr
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Water Provider Conservation Activities
Conservation Strategy / Activity FCLWD ELCO FC Utilities
1. Work more closely with Planning Dept.X X X
2. Garden In A Box X X
3. Residential sprinkler assessments X X X
4. Smart irrigation controller rebates/discounts X X
5. Restrictions X X X
6. Wasting water/leaks prohibition X X
7. Property Manager and HOA irrigation
education/training
X X
8. Hydrant flushing filter truck X
9. Metering, Water Loss Control, Rates/Fees,
Education, *Graywater, Information, Etc.
X X X
X: indicates new activity
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Examples
•Castle Rock, CO
•3-day/wk, 8pm – 8am watering May – Sep.
•No turf in front yard, < 500 sf in back yard, no KBG
•Current (res. + comm.): 117 GPCD, 20% reduction
•Goal: 100 GPCD (~15% reduction) by 2050
•Aurora
•3-day/wk, 6pm – 10am watering May – Sep.
•Permit & inspection required for lawn install and irrigation
install/renovation
•2015 avg GPCD (res. + comm.): 125 GPCD
•Goal (2015): 15% reduction by 2040
Remember: challenges with cross-comparing GPCD
metric
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Residential GPCD metric challenges
•Less variability, still challenges with direct comparisons
•Raw water / well irrigation more common in some areas
•Can be hard to get accurate population counts
•Growing season length, temp, precip differences
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Current State: 2015 Goals and Opportunities
Areas of Opportunity
1.Leverage Advanced Meter Fort Collins data
and capabilities
2.Promote and support greater outdoor water
efficiency
3.Encourage greater integration of water
efficiency into land use planning and building
codes
4.Expand commercial and industrial sector
strategies
5.Increase community water literacy
2015 WEP goal:
130 gallons per capita per day by 2030
fcgov.com/WEP