ALBUQUERQUE BERNALILLO COUNTY
WATER UTILITY AUTHORITY
BILL NO. R-18-8 _____|
RESOLUTION
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Approving the Update to the Water Conservation Plan
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WHEREAS, Policy D of the Water 2120 recommends review of the water conservation goal every ten years; and
WHEREAS, the Water Authority's previous conservation goal of 135 GPCD was achieved in 2014 and new goal has been set at 110 GPCD for 2037; and
WHEREAS, the Water Authority recognizes the benefits of further reducing water usage in the service area to extend area water supplies; and
WHEREAS, all new initiatives will comply with R-10-12, "Enhancing the Water Conservation Program and Establishing a Process for Evaluating and Amending the Program" to ensure that new initiatives provide the same cost benefit as the current initiatives; and
WHEREAS, the Water Authority wishes to continue to focus its conservation program on positive, participatory, choice-based ways to conserve water rather than prescriptive or punitive programs; and
WHEREAS, outdoor water savings are favored over indoor water savings because outdoor water use is consumptive while indoor is not; and
WHEREAS, residential customers have dramatically reduced their water use and while initiatives will continue to be offered to all customer classes, new initiatives will target reductions from non-residential customers; and
WHEREAS, new water conservation initiatives will be designed to enhance, support and work conjunctively with all other Water 2120 Plan strategies and proposed policies; and
WHEREAS, while decreasing the water conservation goal to 110 GPCD will provide many benefits through saving both water and money it cannot, and is not intended to, address all of the Water Authority's future water resource planning needs; and
WHEREAS, Water2120 addresses comprehensive drought planning, and
WHEREAS, the former Drought Management Plan has been updated to be consistent with Water21...
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