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i0.2 -2& <br />URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN - WATER CONSERVATION SECTION <br />required for fire sprinkler systems, with associated monthly service charges. The City <br />will continue to install and read meters on all new services, and will continue to <br />conduct its large meter testing, calibration and replacement program. <br />❑ BMP 5. Laree LaniSeane Efficiencv. In 2002, the City Council authorized <br />participation in a regional program administered by the Bay Area Water Users <br />Association (BAWUA), providing BMP 5 services to all of its dedicated <br />irrigation meter customers. This includes providing customers with customized <br />water budgets each billing period based on weather conditions and site <br />characteristics. The program also provides site surveys in which an irrigation <br />expert visits selected sites to collect information and provide advice to improve <br />irrigation efficiency and scheduling. <br />❑ BMP 6. Clothes Washer Rebates. The City has been participating in a regional <br />program administered by BAWUA since August 2001, providing $150 rebates to <br />customers who buy high - efficiency clothes washers for single -family residences. <br />City is also considering participating in a regional program with a private firm <br />to distribute high - efficiency washers to multiple -family and commercial <br />customers using $250 rebates. <br />❑ BMP 7. Public Education Proerams. The City promotes water conservation through a <br />variety of outreach efforts. Since May 2001, the City has produced a bimonthly <br />newsletter distributed with the water bill (sample shown in Appendix D). Water <br />conservation is a primary topic. The City also participates in several public fairs and <br />events distributing water conservation brochures, water saving devices, and <br />information regarding appropriate plantings, irrigation, and ways to conserve water. <br />City water bills were redesigned in 1996 to show gallons used per day and water use <br />for the previous 12 months. With BMP lb, the City has developed customized water <br />use budgets shown on the water bill for all single - family homes based on its Water <br />Allocation Program. <br />❑ BMP 8. School Education Proerams. The City continues to work with public and <br />private schools in Redwood City to promote water conservation at school facilities <br />and to educate students about these issues. The City provides educational materials <br />for several grade levels including Hetch Hetchy water system maps, posters, activity <br />books, teacher's guides, and videos. The City also sponsors an annual Water <br />Conservation Poster Contest for grades in four categories (1 -3, 4 -6, 7 -8, and high <br />school) and awards prizes for the best three entries in each category. The best posters <br />are submitted to the regional Bay Area Water Users Association annual poster <br />contest. Staff made school presentations for all grades, including water conservation <br />stories such as "Peter and the Water Story", "Water Fun" and "The California Water <br />Story". The Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation awarded the City the 1995 <br />Business Environmental Award for their Water Conservation and Education Program. <br />❑ BMP 9. Commercial. Industrial. and Institutional Proerams. The City has not <br />developed any water conservation programs for these sectors, other than landscape <br />irrigation related to BMP 5. Initial estimates show this to be one of the least cost - <br />effective BMPs given the City's customer base. <br />I1 <br />