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Local Water Supply Plan Template –July 8, 2016 <br /> <br />33 <br /> <br />Strategy to reduce residential per capita demand Timeframe for completing work <br />☐ Revise outdoor irrigation installations codes to require high <br />efficiency systems (e.g. those with soil moisture sensors or <br />programmable watering areas) in new installations or system <br />replacements. <br /> <br />☒ Make water system infrastructure improvements Ongoing <br />☐ Offer free or reduced cost water use audits) for residential <br />customers. <br /> <br />☐ Implement a notification system to inform customers when <br />water availability conditions change. <br /> <br />☒ Provide rebates or incentives for installing water efficient <br />appliances and/or fixtures indoors (e.g., low flow toilets, high <br />efficiency dish washers and washing machines, showerhead <br />and faucet aerators, water softeners, etc.) <br />Ongoing <br />☐ Provide rebates or incentives to reduce outdoor water use <br />(e.g., turf replacement/reduction, rain gardens, rain barrels, <br />smart irrigation, outdoor water use meters, etc.) <br /> <br />☐ Identify supplemental Water Resources <br />☒ Conduct audience-appropriate water conservation education <br />and outreach. <br />Ongoing <br />☐ Describe other plans <br />Objective 3: Achieve at least a 1.5% per year water reduction for Institutional, Industrial, <br />Commercial, and Agricultural GPCD over the next 10 years or a 15% reduction in ten years. <br />Complete Table 26 by checking which strategies you will used to continue reducing non-residential <br />customer use demand and project a likely timeframe for completing each checked strategy (add rows <br />for additional strategies). <br />Where possible, substitute recycled water used in one process for reuse in another. (For example, spent <br />rinse water can often be reused in a cooling tower.) Keep in mind the true cost of water is the amount <br />on the water bill PLUS the expenses to heat, cool, treat, pump, and dispose of/discharge the water. <br />Don’t just calculate the initial investment. Many conservation retrofits that appear to be prohibitively <br />expensive are actually very cost-effective when amortized over the life of the equipment. Often <br />reducing water use also saves electrical and other utility costs. Note: as of 2015, water reuse, and is not <br />allowed by the state plumbing code, M.R. 4715 (a variance is needed). However several state agencies <br />are addressing this issue. <br />Table 26. Strategies and timeframe to reduce institutional, commercial industrial, and agricultural and non-revenue use <br />demand <br />Strategy to reduce total business, industry, agricultural demand Timeframe for completing work <br />☒ Conduct a facility water use audit for both indoor and outdoor <br />use, including system components <br />Annually <br />☒ Install enhanced meters capable of automated readings to <br />detect spikes in consumption <br />Ongoing <br />☐ Compare facility water use to related industry benchmarks, if <br />available (e.g., meat processing, dairy, fruit and vegetable, <br />beverage, textiles, paper/pulp, metals, technology, petroleum <br />refining etc.) <br /> <br />Dr <br />a <br />f <br />t <br /> <br />11 <br />/ <br />2 <br />0 <br />/ <br />2 <br />0 <br />1 <br />7