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1 2009 Salt lake City Department of publiC utilitieS 2009 Water conservation Master Plan2009 Water conservation Master Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement i Tables and Charts ii List of Program Measures iii Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms vi Executive Summary 1 ES1 Background 1 ES 2 Development Committee Recommendations 1 ES 3 Water conservation Goal 5 ES4 Plan Organization 6 Chapter 1: Water System Profile 8 Background 8 Water conservation 8 Water Service Area 13 Supply and Demand 13 Water Resource Recommendations 18 Chapter 2: Program Measures and Selection Criteria 20 Background 20 Water conservation Office Program Measures 22 Program Objectives 49 Year 2010 Annual Report and Program Measure Review 50 City and Community-Based conservation Action Plans 53 Chapter 3.

2 Integrating Water conservation and Sustainability 57 Sustainability 57 Disaster Resilience 63 Water conservation and Sustainability Matrix 64 Chapter 4:Implementation Plan 67 2009 Water conservation Master Plan Appendices Utah Code 73-10-32 Water conservation Plan Required Minutes or the PUAC from October 22, 2009 Approving Plan Water Shortage Contingency Plan Salt Lake City Water-wise Plant List Water Rate Ordinance Best Management Practices 2009 Water conservation Master Plan i Acknowledgments Dwight Butler Dan Cannon Amy Clyde Doug Dansie Greg Graves Wayne Green Russ Jacobsen Kelly Kopp Fred Liligren Allan McCandless Larry Myers Mark Ruff Bill Rutherford Pat Shea Janet Simonich Gregg Smith Emy Storheim Jan Striefel James Tangero David Terry Jamie Tsandes The successful completion of this water conservation master

3 Plan depended on the efforts of several staff members of the Department of Public Utilities, the City Council Office, the Mayor s Office, and the Division of Sustainability. In particular, we acknowledge Stephanie Duer, Jim Lewis, Mark Christensen, Nick Kryger, Laura Briefer, Brad Stewart, Lehua Weaver, Holly Hilton, and Debbie Lyons. In addition, the Department would like to thank the community for its efforts thus far in achieving our water conservation goals. It is only through our working together that we will accomplish what we set out to do ensure a continued supply of high quality drinking water and a meaningful quality of life now and for the future.

4 2009 Water conservation Master Plan ii List of Charts, Figures, and Tables Table Proposed 2010 conservation Plan Measures Review 2 and 51 Table Estimated Service Area Demand with conservation 6 and 14 Chart SLCDPU Water Usage within Service Area 9 Chart Comparative Water Use Trends by Customer Category 10 Chart Water Use Reduction Percentages (Y2000 as Baseline) 11 Figure 1 SLC conservation Trend 12 Table SLC Water Usage and conservation Trends 12 Table Estimated Service Area Demand (Y2000 Use) 14 Table Estimated Service Area Demand with conservation 14 Table Projected Dry Year Production 16 Table Existing Source Capacities 17 Table System Storage Requirements 18 Chart Connections by Customer Class 20 Chart Demand by Customer Class 21 Table Water conservation Program Measures 23 Table Proposed 2010 conservation Plan Measures Review 2 and 51 Table Salt Lake City Department/Division conservation Action Plans 54 Table Community-Based conservation Action Plans 56 Table Water

5 conservation and Sustainability Matrix 65 2009 Water conservation Master Plan iii List of Program Measures Program Measure Reference Number Page Number Brochures E-1 27 C&I Certification E-2 28 C&I conservation Plans E-3 28 Classroom Measures E-4 28 Demonstration Gardens E-5 29 GardenWise E-6 30 It s a No Drainer Campaign E-7 31 Landscape and Irrigation Style Guide E-8 31 Landscape Assessment and Check-ups E-9 32 Landscape Plant List E-10 32 Landscape Templates E-11 33 Lawn Sprinkler Check-ups E-12 33 Outdoor/Indoor Water-use Counter E-13 33 Parkstrip Plant List E-14 34 Plant list database E-15 34 Planting and Maintenance Guide E-16 34 Private Garden Project E-17 34 Residential Leak Detection and Repair E-18 35 Specialized Garden Guides and Plant Lists E-19 35 Virtual Water conservation Garden E-20 35 Water Savings Virtual Meter E-21 36 Waterpedia E-22 36 2009 Water conservation Master Plan iv Program Measure Reference Number Page Number Workshops and Classes E-23 36 Incentives F-1 36 Irrigation Target Budgets F-2 37 Rate Structuring

6 F-3 37 Rebates F-4 37 Volumetric Sewer Charge F-5 37 Customer Use Change Notification I-1 38 Landscape Upgrades I-2 38 Loss Prevention I-3 38 Monthly meter reading and billing I-4 39 Public Utility Advisory Committee I-5 39 SLC Dept/Div conservation Plans I-6 39 Universal metering and meter replacement I-7 40 Water Loss Audit I-8 40 Water Re-use Pilot I-9 41 Graywater P-1 41 Irrigation Audit Policy P-2 41 Irrigation Efficiency Standards P-3 41 Landscape Ordinance P-4 41 Parkstrip Code P-5 42 Rainwater Harvesting P-6 42 Rain Sensor Ordinance and Policy P-7 43 Squandered Water Ordinance P-8 43 Sub-surface or Low-impact Irrigation for Small Areas P-9 44 Water Shortage Contingency Plan P-10 44 Cool-Season Turf Limit NC-1 45 2009 Water conservation Master Plan v Program Measure Reference Number Page Number Irrigation-Only Meters NC-2 45 Sprinkler System Efficiency Rule NC-3 46 Sub-metering on New Multi-family Dwelling Units NC-4 46 EPA Residential Study R-1 47 Irrigation Controller Study R-2 47 Landscape Inventory and analysis R-3 48 Plumbing Fixtures

7 Inventory and Analysis R-4 48 Technical Water Savings Study R-5 48 Water Softener Impact Study R-6 48 2009 Water conservation Master Plan vi Glossary of Terms, Acronyms, and Abbreviations Acre Feet (af): A measurement to describe a volume of water; One acre-foot is the amount of water which would cover one acre of land to a depth of one foot; 325,851 gallons. Action Plan: A more detailed, analytical course of action to implement programs, initiatives, or measures outlined in the Master Plan to achieve specific objectives, typically including information relating to time-lines for implementation, evaluative measures, and costs relating to staffing and/or materials; a component of the Annual Report.

8 Annual Report: This report will provide an evaluative update on existing programs, as well as outlining new conservation initiatives for the coming year, providing initiative timelines, estimated costs, participating groups, and responsible parties. BCWTP: Big Cottonwood Water Treatment Plant Best Management Practice (BMP): For the purposes of Salt Lake City, a BMP is defined as a policy, program, practice, rule, regulation, or ordinance, or the use of devices, equipment, or facilities that meets either of the following criteria: An established and generally accepted practice among water suppliers that results in the more efficient use of water.

9 Or A practice for which sufficient data are available to indicate that significant conservation or conservation related benefits can be achieved; that the practice is technically and economically reasonable and not environmentally or socially unacceptable; and that the practice is not otherwise unreasonable for most water suppliers to carry out CCF: one hundred cubic feet; a unit of volume equivalent to 748 gallons of water and is the standard of measure used by the Department for billing purposes. CCWTP: City Creek Water Treatment Plant conservation : A set of strategies to solve the dilemma of providing water to people, both through supply and demand management; wise, efficient use of water by suppliers and customers.

10 CAP: Water conservation Action Plan; these are plans submitted by City Divisions and community stakeholders and reflect commitments of actions and goals towards achieving further water conservation . 2009 Water conservation Master Plan vii CUP: Central Utah Project; provides water through the Utah Lake System (ULS) CUWCD: Central Utah Water Conservancy District; operates and a