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Pasco hears proposed water-use efficiency goals aiming to cut average household use 10% over 10 years
Summary
Consultant Ryan Withers presented a draft potable water use efficiency element recommending a target to reduce average residential water use from about 330 to 300 gallons per day and options to continue conservation education; council and public asked about enforcement, tiered rates and storage options.
Ryan Withers, a consultant with RH2 Engineering, told the Pasco City Council at the March 9 workshop that the draft water use efficiency element for the city's potable system is intended as a 10-year road map to preserve treatment capacity and slow demand growth.
"This will be the first of multiple presentations on this topic this year," Withers said, and outlined trends showing summertime monthly potable demand peaking near 800,000,000 gallons and annual potable use rising from roughly 4.5 billion gallons in 2008 to about 5.5 billion gallons today. He highlighted that average household demand has fallen from about 470 gallons per day (gpd) in 2008 to roughly 330 gpd now.
Withers presented recommended conservation…
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