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<br />6: / ð-,2'3 <br /> <br />2.1.4.3 Hot Water Recirculation Pumps <br /> <br />Recommendation: Promote installation of hot water recirculation pumps on residential water <br />systems. The Task Force estimated that installation of 1,000 units would result in a potable <br />demand reduction of 6 af/yr. <br /> <br />Status: This recommendation has not yet been implemented. <br /> <br />Work Plan Next Steps: The City is currently studying this program and anticipates <br />implementation of a pilot effort in Fiscal Year 2005/06. <br /> <br />2.2 <br /> <br />Other Potential Measures <br /> <br />In addition to implementing Alternative TF, the Task Force recommended that the City <br />investigate and/or implement ten "Other Potential Measures" (OPMs) which may further reduce <br />demands on the City's potable water supply. The OPMs either were expected to generate <br />savings that were difficult to quantify, required additional research beyond the Task Force's time <br />frame to determine their viability, and/or depended on improvements in technology to <br />implement. The status for each recommendation is discussed below. <br /> <br />2.2.1 <br /> <br />OPM #1: Further Investigate Potential Use of Groundwater <br /> <br />Recommendation: Initiate exploratory well work to determine the feasibility and costs for using <br />groundwater to irrigate large sites (e.g., Red Morton Park) and to supplement the potable water <br />system. <br /> <br />Status: The City is currently studying constraints at Red Morton Park for use in determining <br />possible well head, pump house, and supply piping locations. Considerations include the <br />locations of buildings, rig ht-of-ways , easements, underground utilities, future synthetic turf field <br />replacement, box culverts, playgrounds, and the "Jefferson Branch" of Redwood Creek. The <br />City's evaluation will also determine which areas of the park are feasible for irrigation with well <br />water and establish site retrofit and isolation requirements that are needed to implement a <br />private well water supply for the park's existing irrigation system. <br /> <br />As reflected in the Capital Improvement Projects Five Year Program Water Improvement Fund <br />of the Recycled Water System Development Budget, $360,000 (FY 05-06) and $200,000 (FY <br />06-07) has been allocated for study, design, and construction of an irrigation well, as well as the <br />necessary site retrofit. <br /> <br />Work Plan Next Steps: Construction of an irrigation well at Red Morton Park is scheduled to <br />begin in the fall of 2005, pending confirmation of a reliable groundwater source. Site retrofit is <br />scheduled to begin in 2006. <br /> <br />2.2.2 <br /> <br />OPM #2: Consider a Commercial Toilet Replacement Program <br /> <br />Recommendation: Consider providing financial incentives to replace toilets in commercial, <br />buildings with ultra low-flow toilets. <br /> <br />Redwood City Recycled Water Project <br />Progress Report 2005 <br />Redwoòd City Recycled Water Task Force Recommendations - Final Report <br />p:\pw-projl2OO41O4ô8025 OM: recycled 'elrofit & support svcllask 11 program supportltask force status reporl\lina¡ 'eport\progress report on U recommendations_final.doc <br /> <br />Page 15 <br />