G REAT W ESTERN I NSTITUTE Incentives and Mandates for Landscape Conservation Tracy Bouvette

THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY G REAT W ESTERN I NSTITUTE Incentives and Mandates for Landscape Conservation

The road map to outdoor savings

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

New Outdoor Water Use ~500,000 AF Existing Outdoor Water Use ~650,000 AF So ~ 1,000,000 AF

Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

 No Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

Have New Construction Practices Reduced Average Water Demand?

What is Being Done?

What Is Being Done?  Customer Actions Do nothing, Don’t Water Do nothing, Water Do Nothing, Better Manage Existing System $ Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads New Instrumentation Tear It Out Replace With 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 Manage Existing System $ Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads New Instrumentation Tear It Out Replace With Xeric, Native, etc. $ $$

What Is Being Done?  Customer/Utility Nexus Do nothing, Don’t Water Do nothing, Water Do Nothing, Better Manage Existing System $ Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads New Instrumentation Tear It Out Replace With 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 Manage Existing System $ Fix System Pressure, Replace Heads New Instrumentation Tear It Out Replace With Xeric, Native, etc. $ $$ Audits, Education, Incentives, Regulation

How Much Savings Are We Talking?

Allocation of Funding from Utilities

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?