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St. Anthony 2040 Comprehensive Plan Chapter 8: Water Supply 160 Future Water Conservation Policies The Minnesota DNR has established eight water conservation objectives and strategies. These are listed below with a summary of the City’s progress towards the completion of each. 1. Reduce unaccounted (non-revenue) water loss to less than 10%. • The City’s average unaccounted water use from 2010 to 2015 was 7.23%, which is below the recommended goal of 10%. Leak detection surveys are performed as needed. • There is a total of 2,325 metered connections in St. Anthony which are tested as needed or requested. The average age of these meters is 10 years, and they are replaced every 15 years. The City does not have any unmetered connections, and all meters were replaced in 2008 over the course of a recently completed AMR program. 2. Achieve residential demand of less than 75 gallons per capita per day. • The average residential per capita water demand for the City of St. Anthony from 2010 to 2015 was 68 gallons per capita per day (gpcd), which is less than the 75 gpcd target. Data from the DNR and the City indicates that residential water demand has an overall decreasing trend since the year 2007. • In order to continue reducing residential demand, the City will revise its ordinances on water efficient landscaping 1-3 years following the adoption of this plan, review its ordinances on water reuse annually, revise its ordinances limiting irrigation 3-6 years following the implementation of this plan, continue to make water system improvements, continue to provide incentives to reduce outdoor water use, and continue water conservation education and outreach. • The City participated in the Regional Indicators Initiative (RII) from 2008 to 2013 in order to track water usage by customer category. 3. Achieve at least a 15% reduction in per capita daily demand across all customer categories over the next 10 years. • The City of St. Anthony will conduct facility water use audits annually, install enhanced water meters, install conservation fixtures and appliances, repair leaking system components, investigate water reuse, reduce outdoor water use, and train employees how to conserve water. 4. Achieve a decreasing trend in total per capita demand. • Each customer category shows a decreasing water use trend. The decrease in water usage may be attributed to the new water reuse facility, water efficient fixtures, and public