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City of Little Canada 8-21 Water Supply Plan
<br />Strategy to reduce residential per capita demand Timeframe for completing work
<br />☐ Provide rebates or incentives for installing water efficient
<br />appliances and/or fixtures indoors (e.g., low flow toilets,
<br />high efficiency dish washers and washing machines,
<br />showerhead and faucet aerators, water softeners, etc.)
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<br />☐ Provide rebates or incentives to reduce outdoor water use
<br />(e.g., turf replacement/reduction, rain gardens, rain
<br />barrels, smart irrigation, outdoor water use meters, etc.)
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<br />☐ Identify supplemental Water Resources
<br />☒ Conduct audience-appropriate water conservation
<br />education and outreach.
<br />Continual over the next ten years
<br />☐ Describe other plans
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<br />58BObjective 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
<br />years.
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<br />59BTable 8-25: Strategies and timeframe to reduce institutional, commercial industrial, and
<br />agricultural and non-revenue use demand
<br />Strategy to reduce total business, industry, agricultural
<br />demand
<br />Timeframe for completing work
<br />☐ Conduct a facility water use audit for both indoor and
<br />outdoor use, including system components
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<br />☒ Install enhanced meters capable of automated readings
<br />to detect spikes in consumption
<br />Completed in 2012
<br />☐ Compare facility water use to related industry
<br />benchmarks, if available (e.g., meat processing, dairy,
<br />fruit and vegetable, beverage, textiles, paper/pulp,
<br />metals, technology, petroleum refining etc.)
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<br />☐ Install water conservation fixtures and appliances or
<br />change processes to conserve water
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<br />☐ Repair leaking system components (e.g., pipes, valves)
<br />☐ Investigate the reuse of reclaimed water (e.g.,
<br />stormwater, wastewater effluent, process wastewater,
<br />etc.)
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<br />☐ Reduce outdoor water use (e.g., turf
<br />replacement/reduction, rain gardens, rain barrels, smart
<br />irrigation, outdoor water use meters, etc.)
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<br />☐ Train employees how to conserve water
<br />☐ Implement a notification system to inform non-residential
<br />customers when water availability conditions change.
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<br />☐ Rainwater catchment systems intended to supply uses
<br />such as water closets, urinals, trap primers for floor
<br />drains and floor sinks, industrial processes, water
<br />features, vehicle washing facilities, cooling tower
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