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Page - 2 | METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />4. Water use information: <br />Municipal Total Per Capita Water Use, in gallons per person-day (2025): 90.1 <br />Municipal Residential Per Capita Water Use, in gallons per person-day (2025): 57.2 <br />Municipal Ratio of Peak Month to Winter Month Water Use (2025): 8:5 <br /> <br />Calculations for Section 4 responses are as follows: <br />1. Current residential population per 2020 Census is 9,257. <br />Number of gallons produced in 2025 = 304,323,000 <br />304,323,000 / 9,257 / 365 = 90.1 gallons per person-day. <br /> <br />2. Current residential population per 2020 Census is 9,257. <br />Number of gallons that only went to residential in 2025 = 193,256,427 <br />193,256,427 / 9,257 / 365 = 57.2 residential gallons per person-day. <br /> <br />3. Peak month July 2025 = 34,362,000 gallons. <br />Winter month usage = 21,195,000 (December 2025) + 22,335,000 (January 2026) + 20,575,000 <br />(February 2026) = 64,105,000 / 3 months <br />Average of 21,368,333 per winter month <br />Ratio of approximately 8:5 peak month to winter month. <br /> <br />Program design <br />The following questions help describe the type of program your municipality is proposing, including <br />planned grant activities and optional program elements. For more information about the low-income <br />cost assistance option and grant activities on municipal properties, see the Guidelines document. <br />5. Will your proposed program be a rebate or grant program? <br />The city will conduct its Water Efficiency program as a rebate program. Finance and Sustainability <br />Departments will collaborate on the administrative steps, resulting in payments made by the city <br />directly to residential participants. <br /> <br />6. Will your proposed program include a low-income cost assistance option? <br />Yes, low-income cost assistance will be a component of the proposed program to ensure assistance <br />is targeted toward low-income families. <br /> <br />7. Will your proposed program include approved grant activities on municipal properties <br />(for example, device replacements or turfgrass conversion)? <br />Yes, water fixture device replacements for municipal properties across all major departments will be <br />included as proposed grant activities. <br />