Common use of Conservation Plan Clause in Contracts

Conservation Plan. Denver Water’s 1996 IRP predicted that 29,000 acre-feet of water could be saved through active conservation efforts by 2045. In 2006, the Denver Water Board mandated an accelerated conservation program to accomplish that level of savings by the end of 2016. Denver Water agrees to continue to implement its existing conservation program described in Attachment F to achieve the savings of 29,000 acre-feet contemplated by the 1996 IRP, in addition to natural replacement, consistent with its goal of achieving the targeted savings by the end of 2016. (It is often not possible to measure precisely the volume of water saved as a result of a specific action, e.g., requiring soil amendment, but Denver will implement the 1 The volume of water that can be reused is determined by legal, regulatory and hydrologic conditions that vary significantly from year to year and over time, and may be fundamentally different in the future. Over the past 20 years with an annual average demand of 285,000 acre-feet, Denver Water’s reuse by exchange and replacement has averaged 16,300 acre-feet per year, with a maximum of 29,900 acre-feet and a minimum of 5,800 acre-feet. With regard to future exchanges, Denver Water’s computer simulation model predicts that, with an annual average demand of 345,000 acre- feet and completion of the storage described in this Article II.A, the annual average for exchanges and replacement will be 38,000 acre-feet. These modeled predictions are based on historic hydrology, past administrative practices and numerous operational assumptions, and consequently may not be construed as any sort of mandated or targeted operational requirement.