The Compelling Case for Conservation

BUILDINGS & EQUIPMENT SAVINGS
1. Drinking Water Treatment Facilities:	Reduce, delay or eliminate the need for expansion. Estimated savings in Boulder, Colorado $16,000,000.
2. Wastewater Treatment Facilities:	Reduce, delay or eliminate the need for expansion. Estimated savings in Boulder, Colorado $16,000,000.
3. Water Rights, Dams & Wells:	Boulder could sell some, or all, of its expensive unused water rights. Other cities might be able to avoid expensive new dams, & well systems.
4. Pipelines & Other Delivery Facilities:	Some cities might be able to avoid expanding water delivery facilities like pipelines & canals.
OPERATION & MAINTENANCE BENEFITS
5. Chemicals & Pumping:	Reduced water use significantly reduces the repeating cost of chemicals and pumping.
6. Water Quality:	Improve drinking water quality, by operating facilities at optimum levels.
7. Revenue Generation:	Leasing water to local irrigated farms can generate revenue.
8. Water Main Breaks:	Reducing peak demands, reduces frequency of untimely, expensive water main breaks.
9. Stability of Revenue & Operation Costs:	Water conservation, especially in landscaping, stabilizes revenue and operating costs.
CITIZEN SAVINGS
10. Reduced Water Rates:	The rates customers pay for water use decrease with smaller facilities, and lower operating & maintenance costs.
11. Reduced Water Bills:	Reduced water use and reduced water rates combine to reduce what customers pay for water.
12. Reduced Water Heating Bills:	More efficient use of hot water reduces water heating costs.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS
13. Improved Stream & Lake Water Quality:	Less lawn watering can greatly reduce polluted runoff.
14. Maintaining Minimum Stream Flow:	Conserved water can be dedicated to stream flow for ecological and recreation reasons.
15. Protecting Farmland, Open Space & Local Produce:	Conserved water can be dedicated to irrigating local farmland, thereby protecting irreplaceable farmland, creating open space near cities, and providing local produce.

Conserved water can be dedicated to irrigating local farmland, thereby protecting irreplaceable farmland, creating open space near cities, and providing local produce.