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City of Ramsey Local Water Supply Plan <br />Strategy to reduce residential per capita demand <br />❑ Revise city ordinance/codes to permit water reuse options, <br />especially for non -potable purposes like irrigation, <br />groundwater recharge, and industrial use. Check with <br />plumbing authority to see if internal buildings reuse is <br />permitted <br />❑X Revise ordinances to limit irrigation. Describe the restricted <br />irrigation plan: <br />❑ Revise outdoor irrigation installations codes to require high <br />efficiency systems (e.g. those with soil moisture sensors or <br />programmable watering areas) in new installations or system <br />replacements. <br />❑X Make water system infrastructure improvements <br />Timeframe for completing work <br />Odd/ Even no Watering between 10 AM and 8 <br />PM has been in code for several years <br />Leak detection reports are generated, letters <br />are sent to each customer. Follow up letters <br />are sent. Toilet dye kits are available for <br />residents. <br />❑X Offer free or reduced cost water use audits) for residential No <br />customers. <br />❑X Implement a notification system to inform customers when We use the website, signs and the city <br />water availability conditions change. newsletter. <br />❑ Provide rebates or incentives for installing water efficient <br />appliances and/or fixtures indoors (e.g., low flow toilets, high <br />efficiency dish washers and washing machines, showerhead <br />and faucet aerators, water softeners, etc.) <br />❑ Provide rebates or incentives to reduce outdoor water use <br />(e.g., turf replacement/reduction, rain gardens, rain barrels, <br />smart irrigation, outdoor water use meters, etc.) <br />❑ Identify supplemental Water Resources <br />❑X Conduct audience -appropriate water conservation education Water conservation tips for residents are <br />and outreach. posted on the website. <br />❑ Describe other plans <br />Objective 3: Achieve at least a 1.5% per year water reduction for Institutional, <br />Industrial, Commercial, and Agricultural GPCD over the next 10 years or a 15% <br />reduction in ten years. <br />Complete Table 26 by checking which strategies you will used to continue reducing non- <br />residential customer use demand and project a likely timeframe for completing each checked <br />strategy (add rows for additional strategies). <br />Where possible, substitute recycled water used in one process for reuse in another. (For <br />example, spent rinse water can often be reused in a cooling tower.) Keep in mind the true cost <br />of water is the amount on the water bill PLUS the expenses to heat, cool, treat, pump, and <br />dispose of/discharge the water. Don't just calculate the initial investment. Many conservation <br />retrofits that appear to be prohibitively expensive are actually very cost-effective when <br />amortized over the life of the equipment. Often reducing water use also saves electrical and <br />other utility costs. Note: as of 2015, water reuse, and is not allowed by the state plumbing <br />code, M.R. 4715 (a variance is needed). However several state agencies are addressing this <br />issue. <br />41 April 7, 2017 <br />