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0. Recyclinci and Reuse: <br />A city or utility should evaluate the potential of recycling and reuse because these <br />rnethods may be used to increase water Supplies in the utility's service area. <br />Reuse can be especially important where the use of treated effluent from all <br />industry or a municipal systems or agricultural return flows replace an existing use <br />that currently requires fresh water frorn a City's or utility's Supply, Recycling of in - <br />plant process or cooling water can reduce the amount of fresh water required by <br />many industrial operations. Currently, the City of La Porte has a water reuse <br />program, Because of its size and daily fiows,, the, reuse of treated effluent for <br />processed water has proven quite economical for the City of La Porte. Tile <br />City of La Porte's Municipal Golf Course along with one of file City parks, Little <br />Cedar Bayou, are irrigated with plant effluent. This reuse program results in a <br />savings of approximately 100,000,000 gallons of potable water per year. <br />F. PLAN OBJECTIVES <br />To reduce water C011SUMPU011 frOln levels that would prevail without conservation efforts <br />To reduce the loss and waste of water <br />To improve efficiency in the use of water <br />To implement a system to quantify the effects of the plan <br />In accordance with 30 TAG Chapter 288.2, the following five and ten year targets <br />have been established: <br />See Attached Table <br />THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK <br />