Hello,
We have a handful of metered, residential properties that have considerably larger than average daily water demand.
Would you be willing to share targeted correspondence that your utility / municipality has used to successfully encourage water efficiency?
Thank you.
Christopher Radziminski
Policy Analyst
City of Vancouver / Engineering Services
Canada
High Water Consuming Residences: Correspondence Ideas to Drive down Demand?
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Hi Chris,
Can you contact me when you have a chance? We have some similar issues and the first step, it seems, should be clearly determining how the water demand is getting so high at these locations (eg. leaks, large family units, significant irrigation use) and I am wondering how you have determined that the consumption is being knowingly used or is somehow otherwise under the direct control of the occupants?
Cheers,
Aaron
Aaron Boulton-Chaykowski
Water Management Analyst
City of Calgary, Water Resources
Canada
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In a partnership with Pasco Utilities, I receive a report of high water users consuming over 25,000 gallons per month. Correspondence by letter or e-mail have proved unproductive. I contact them by phone and arrange a personal appointment to educate them on irrigation water use efficiency and review settings of the irrigation controller. The average high water user reduces outdoor water use by 10,000 gallons per month with a cumulative impact of reducing outdoor water use by 25 million gallons per year.
Chris Dewey
Florida Freindly Landscaping (TM) Program Coordinator
Pasco County Extension
United States