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Spokane city staff outline water-conservation goals, data and policy options; board urges stronger pricing and outreach
Summary
City water staff presented a master water-conservation update reviewing Waterwise programs, recent metering progress and scenarios the city will model to estimate how conservation could reduce future capital needs.
City water staff presented a master water-conservation update to the Climate Resilience and Sustainability Board that reviewed the city’s Waterwise program, recent metering and rebate work, and scenarios the city will model to estimate how conservation could reduce future capital needs.
Marcia Davis, Integrated Capital Management Director, and James Caddy, a data/business-analyst on the utility team, told the board the master plan — first adopted by council resolution in July 2020 — focuses on demand-side measures such as rebate programs, turf removal incentives (SpokaneScape) and outreach. The plan’s high-level targets are to reduce gallons per capita per day (GPCD) by 5% ("shave the base") and to reduce seasonal peak demand by 15% ("shave the peak") by 2030. Staff cautioned the board that those targets will be difficult to meet without stepped-up measures.
Davis summarized recent activity: the Waterwise program offers SpokaneScape rebates…
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