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Elk River:; . <br />Municipal Utilities <br />Memorandum <br />To: Elk River Utilities Commission <br />John Dietz <br />~Y~P~Y <br />DarylThompson <br />From: David Berg <br />Date: 9/14/2010 <br />Subject: Alternatives for Seasonal Water Meters <br />As we always stress trying to help customers conserve on water use and save money on <br />their utilities, we would like to work with our top irrigation users to ensure savings. A plan to work <br />one on one with top users to try to cut water use and provide them with the knowledge to imgate <br />only as needed would be our primary focus. With the implementation of the newest SMART <br />technology and some basic watering tips, we have seen drastic changes in water use across the <br />community. Instead of changing our tiered rates, which have been put in place to promote water <br />conservation, it seems as though education, training and SMART equipment would best suit the <br />efforts of saving both money and water for the top water consumers. The change of an irrigation <br />rate may only increase water consumption and in tum give us financial pressure as we push to save <br />water, which then limits revenue as well. A conservation conscious budget would be beneficial to <br />provide fiutlrer rebates or incentives to save water. <br />