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LA PORTE AREA WATER AUTHORITY WATER CONSERVATION PLAN <br /> A. BACKGROUND <br /> In 1981.the State of Texas created the La Porte Area Water Authority for the purpose, among <br /> others,,of acquiring, treating, and delivering water to member water districts and industries <br /> throughout Southeast Harris County. The Authority has the j):ght to serve any utility within a <br /> thirty (30) mile radius of the Authority's boundary. The recent area within the Authority's <br /> boundary encompasses approximately 20,600 acres. Th. .W/ orte Area Water Authori is a Deleted: A mandate by the Hams-Galveston <br /> co-participant and cost-sharingpartner in the Ci of/lo"Ston Southeast Water Purification- coastal Subsidence District to convert to <br /> Plant.The authorityis contracted for 3.9%of demancr4fgc6l i factor that is current) equal to surface water by the year ter has resulted in <br /> ,� .,,•� the stud of the surface water problem by the <br /> Y <br /> 7.8 million gallons per day. The Authori 's custorA'ersf nelude_th .cities of La Porte,Morsan's Authority. Various alternatives have been <br /> a---"_ - investigated,and it has been concluded that the <br /> Point, and Shoreacres. most cost effective method to provide an <br /> -Ad f%j f� adequate supply of treated surface water to <br /> Since the early 1960's per capita water usageya,.the State of Texas tial%Increased about four Southeast Hams County is to buy capacity at <br /> lf, the new Southeast Water Purification Plant, <br /> (4) gallons per person, per decade. More impoytt, perea�jta water use$during droughts is and construct transmission and distribution <br /> f�'�- f rr �i•�, <br /> usually about one-third greater than during period nf�ave. a precipitation.'I �ny communities mains to identified customers. <br /> throughout the United States haveff'sed conservat�t�o�' fasures to successful) cope with <br /> 9 {f{�f� y p Deleted:Customers included are <br /> various water and wastewater prob •.s%Reduction m•s titer use as much as 25% or more --_ <br /> have been achieved, but the normal ralhi efis',r•'o. 5 to 15b%',f"+ s a result of reduced water use, <br /> 9 5 <br /> wastewater flows have� been reducey 5�o�,lf0 f ffw <br /> B. PURPOSE AND NT :f, <br /> The purpose of a Wa{ei Conservation Plan is,on the quantity required for each water <br /> usingactivity, `i!' }4 r`` <br /> ty, insofar as'Is Tactical j.;,;pug h the:frnplementation of efficient water use practices. <br /> The plan defines• objectiveg/ fsppc i��targ9 to reduce the loss and waste of water <br /> resource�ntifmpro��fefficlene�fn the uses• Men The purpose of this report is to present <br /> ,u Hf' 1 Pf r. <br /> the da�taf�ollected, aI�i?T "'"'d elemerifs ected for the La Porte Area Water Authority <br /> Water lap servation Plan.and to provide procedures and information for the implementation of <br /> the plan. of ff, fff' <br /> Nine(9)pgncipal waterconservation methods to be considered in preparing _ Deleted a water <br /> water conservation plawate as follows: <br /> Education and Information <br /> Plump)ng codes for new construction <br /> Retrofit programs <br /> Conservation oriented water rate structures <br /> Universal metering and meter repair and replacement <br /> Water conserving landscaping <br /> Leak detection and repair <br /> Recycling and reuse <br /> Means of implementation and enforcement <br /> 2 <br />