BUDGET
<br />$1,287,100
<br />SCHEDULE
<br />2015 - 2017, and 2019 - 2022
<br />WATER EFFICIENCY GRANT PROGRAM
<br />SUMMARY
<br />The Metropolitan Council was awarded $500,000 from Minnesota Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment funds for a Water
<br />Efficiency Grant Program during the 2015 - 2017 biennium. A second award of $750,000 has been made for the 2019 - 2022 period.
<br />Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to metro area communities that manage municipal water systems. Council grants
<br />cover 75% of the program cost; each participating municipality provides the remaining 25% as a match.
<br />Communities use the funds to lower the cost of purchase and installation of products that reduce water use, including EPA
<br />WaterSense-labeled low-flow toilets, Energy Star-labeled washing machines, and WaterSense-labeled irrigation controllers, and
<br />WaterSense Partner-certified irrigation system audits.
<br />Nineteen communities participated in the 2015 - 2017 program, including Brooklyn Park, Chanhassen, Circle Pines, Cottage Grove,
<br />Eagan, Eden Prairie, Forest Lake, Fridley, Hugo, Mahtomedi, New Brighton, Newport, Plymouth, Shakopee, Victoria, White Bear
<br />Lake, White Bear Township, and Woodbury.
<br />Forty communities are participating in the 2019 - 2022 program, including Apple Valley, Bayport, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center,
<br />Brooklyn Park, Burnsville, Chanhassen, Chaska, Cottage Grove, Dayton, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Farmington, Forest Lake, Fridley,
<br />Hopkins, Hugo, Lake Elmo, Lakeville, Mahtomedi, Minnetonka, New Brighton, North St. Paul, Oakdale, Plymouth, Prior Lake,
<br />Ramsey, Robbinsdale, Rosemount, Roseville, Savage, the Shakopee Public Utilities Commission, Shoreview, Shorewood, St.
<br />Anthony, St. Louis Park, Victoria, White Bear Lake, White Bear Township, and Woodbury.
<br />OUTCOMES OF THE 2015 - 2017 PROGRAM
<br />Metropolitan Council Water Efficiency Grant Program Executive Summary (PDF) 4,514 devices were replaced, including 2,380 toilets, 1,190 irrigation controllers, 940 clothes washers, and 4 irrigation system audits.
<br />Approximately 52,000,000 gallons per year will be saved each year by these replacements. This includes 29,800,000 gallons per year
<br />from toilets, 18,000,000 gallons per year from irrigation controllers, 4,200,000 gallons per year from clothes washers, and 59,000
<br />gallons per year from irrigation system audits.
<br />The average amount of water saved annually per device is approximately 12,200 gallons per year from toilets, 15,000 gallons per
<br />year from irrigation controllers, 4,300 gallons per year from clothes washers, and 14,800 gallons per year from irrigation system
<br />audits.
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