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Local Water Supply Plan Template —March 2016 B. Conservation Objectives and Strategies - Key benchmark for DNR This section establishes water conservation objectives and strategies for eight major areas of water use. Objective 1: Reduce Unaccounted (Non -Revenue) Water loss to Less than 10% The Minnesota Rural Waters Association, the Metropolitan Council and the Department of Natural Resources recommend that all water uses be metered. Metering can help identify high use locations and times, along with leaks within buildings that have multiple meters. It is difficult to quantify specific unmetered water use such as that associated with firefighting and system flushing or system leaks. Typically, water suppliers subtract metered water use from total water pumped to calculate unaccounted or non -revenue water loss. ❑ Yes ❑ No What is your leak detection monitoring schedule? (e.g. monitor 1/3rd of the city lines per year) 28 62 ❑ Other: Short-term demand reduction ❑ Extremely high seasonal ❑ Adopt (if not already) and enforce the (less than 1 year water demand (more than critical water deficiency ordinance to double winter demand) restrict or prohibit lawn watering, ❑ Loss of treatment capacity vehicle washing, golf course and park ❑ Lack of water in storage irrigation & other nonessential uses. ❑ State drought plan ❑ Supply augmentation through ❑ Well interference ❑ Water allocation through_ ❑ Other: ❑ Meet with large water users to discuss user's contingency plan. Long-term demand reduction ❑ Per capita demand ❑ Develop a critical water deficiency (>i year) increasing ordinance that is or can be quickly ❑ Total demand increase adopted to penalize lawn watering, (higher population or more vehicle washing, golf course and park industry)Water level in irrigation & other nonessential uses. well(s) below elevation of ❑ Enact a water waste ordinance that targets overwatering (causing water to ❑ Other: flow off the landscape into streets, parking lots, or similar), watering impervious surfaces (streets, driveways or other hardscape areas), and negligence of known leaks, breaks, or malfunctions. ❑ Meet with large water users to discuss user's contingency plan. ❑ Enhanced monitoring and reporting: audits, meters, billing, etc. Governors "Critical Water ❑ Describe ❑ Describe Deficiency Order" declared B. Conservation Objectives and Strategies - Key benchmark for DNR This section establishes water conservation objectives and strategies for eight major areas of water use. Objective 1: Reduce Unaccounted (Non -Revenue) Water loss to Less than 10% The Minnesota Rural Waters Association, the Metropolitan Council and the Department of Natural Resources recommend that all water uses be metered. Metering can help identify high use locations and times, along with leaks within buildings that have multiple meters. It is difficult to quantify specific unmetered water use such as that associated with firefighting and system flushing or system leaks. Typically, water suppliers subtract metered water use from total water pumped to calculate unaccounted or non -revenue water loss. ❑ Yes ❑ No What is your leak detection monitoring schedule? (e.g. monitor 1/3rd of the city lines per year) 28 62