GREAT WESTERN INSTITUTE

Incentives and Mandates forLandscape Conservation

Tracy Bouvette

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLYGREAT WESTERN INSTITUTE

Incentives and Mandates forLandscape Conservation

The road map to outdoor savings

Framing – How Much Water Are We Talking About?Water Customer PerspectiveUtility/District Perspective

Discussion Points

Framing CWCB 2010

Current M&I Water Use ~1,300,000 AF 2050 M&I Water Supply Gap ~ 1,000,000 AF Strategies to Fill the Gap

Currently Identified Projects & Processes Conservation Ag Transfer New Supply Other

Land Use Density, Reuse

How Much of Water Use is Outdoor?

Residential Commercial Institutional Industrial

Average M&I Water Use

in Colorado

IndoorOutdoor

New Outdoor Water Use ~500,000 AFExisting Outdoor Water Use ~650,000 AF

So

~ 1,000,000 AF

Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

NoHave New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

2010 2030 2050

Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

2010 2030 2050

Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

2010 2030 2050

What is Being Done?

What Is Being Done? Customer Actions

Do nothing, Don’t Water

Do nothing,Water

Do Nothing,Better ManageExisting System$

Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads

New Instrumentation

Tear It Out

ReplaceWith Xeric, Native, etc.

$$$

What Is Being Done? Utility Perspective

It Has to Support the Bottom Line!

Costs Indoor are less expensive Indoor are more reliable Outdoor is more water

State Recommendations for Utilities “Foundational” Best Practices

Metering and Rates Leak Detection and Repair Data Collection and Analysis

What Can Be Done? Utility Perspective

Education Technical Assistance Incentives Inclining Block Rates/Water Budgets

$

Water use

What Can Be Done? Utility Perspective

Can Create Incentives with Rates Can Create Incentives with Rates?!

What Is Being Done? Utility Perspective

Ordinances/Regulation Soil Amendments Landscaper/Irrigation Contractor Certification Maximum Turf Area Requirements Controller Requirements Water Waste Ordinances Watering Restrictions Point of Sale New Construction WaterSense Homes

Not All Utilities/Districts Have the Authority to Implement

What Is Being Done? Customer/Utility Nexus

Do nothing, Don’t Water

Do nothing,Water

Do Nothing,Better ManageExisting System$

Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads

New Instrumentation

Tear It Out

ReplaceWith Xeric, Native, etc.

$$$

What Is Being Done? Customer/Utility Nexus

Do nothing, Don’t Water

Do nothing,Water

Do Nothing,Better ManageExisting System$

Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads

New Instrumentation

Tear It Out

ReplaceWith Xeric, Native, etc.

$$$

Audits, Education, Incentives, Regulation

What Is Being Done? Customer/Utility Nexus

Do nothing, Don’t Water

Do nothing,Water

Do Nothing,Better ManageExisting System$

Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads

New Instrumentation

Tear It Out

ReplaceWith Xeric, Native, etc.

$$$

Audits, Education, Incentives, Regulation

How Much Savings Are We Talking?

Allocation of Funding from Utilities

Landscape29%

Indoor20%Regulatory

19%

Education17%

Audits3%

Rates3%

Meters3%

Leak Detection1%

Other6%

% Water Conservation Plan Budgets

Drop in the Bucket?

67,000 AF by 2018 for All Plans on File 21,000 AF from Outdoor? 2.1 % of 2050 Outdoor Water Use

Drop in the Bucket?

67,000 AF by 2018 for All Plans on File 21,000 AF from Outdoor? 2.1 % of 2050 Outdoor Water Use

To The Bottom Line Customers Really Drive Outdoor

Conservation Utility Audits, Education, Incentives

(including Rates) Good Bad Ugly

Utility Ordinances Good Bad

Statewide Ordinances?