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Number of Residents

If you do not have one of the following, leave the cell blank. Only complete cells that apply to your home.

# installedbefore 1980:

# installedbefore 1994:

# installed afterJan. 1, 1994: Total

Number of Toilets 0

Number of Showerheads 0

Number of Faucets 0

Do you have a clothes washer? (Click box at right)

If yes, is the clothes washer Energy Star rated? (Click box at right)

What year was the clothes washer purchased?

Please, make sure this information is as accurate as possible. It will make a big difference in your results.

Grass/Lawn Area sq.ft.

Shrub/Perennial/Groundcover Area sq.ft.

Xeric/Native Area sq.ft.

Total Landscape Area 0 sq.ft.

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Feb #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0

Mar #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0

Apr #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0

May #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0

Jun #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0

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Sep #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0Oct #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0

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Total Annual 0 #DIV/0! 0 #DIV/0! 0

Potential SavingsCF Gallons Dollars

Potential Annual Water Savings 0 0 $0

Potential Annual Wastewater Savings 0 0 $0

Total Potential Annual Dollar Savings (if all fixtures were conserving) $0

Colorado Springs Residential Water Use Calculator

Interior Consumption Information

Exterior Consumption Information

Potential Savings and Recommendations

Please, fill out the green cells only - Cells that turn red indicate areas where improvement is possible

Please, fill out the 'Actual Use' column for each of the past twelve months. If you don't know what your use has

been, call 448-4800.

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ecommen a onsPre-1980 Toilets

Summer Irrigation

No pre-1980 toilet recommendations

1980-1993 Toilets

No 1980-1993 toilet recommendations

Pre-1980 Showerheads

No landscape recommendations

Pre-1980 Faucets

No pre-1980 faucet recommendations

1980-1993 Faucets

No 1980-1993 faucet recommendations

Pre-1980 Clothes Washer

1980 to 1993 Clothes Washer

1994-2003 Non-Energy Star Clothes Washer

No 1994-2003 clothes washer recommendations

No Summer irrigation recommendations

Landscape Recommendations

No Spring irrigation recommendations

Fall Irrigation

No Fall irrigation recommendations

No 1980-1993 showerhead recommendations

No pre-1980 clothes washer recommendations

No 1980-1993 clothes washer recommendations

Spring Irrigation

No pre-1980 showerhead recommendations

1980-1993 Showerheads

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Notes:

Budgets and savings estimates are generalized and based on several national studies of typical residential use.

Leaks are not addressed by this calculator, but are a common source of water waste.

For more information, visit www.csu.org or call 448-4800

Landscape irrigation water use is highly weather dependent. The irrigation estimates in this document are based on averageconditions. It is not unusual for actual use to exceed budget by about 10% under persistent hot and dry conditions.

All rebates listed in this document are subject to rules and regulations outlined in rebate applications and are only available forColorado Springs Utilities residential water customers.

All recommendations are general in nature. There are a number of end uses of water that this calculator does not address.

All pay back periods are based on projected water and wastewater rates and should only be viewed as broad estimates.

Actual Use vs. Budget Use Chart

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AssumptionsToilets Toilet GPCD

5 Flushes per person per day 24.32 Before 1980 #DIV/0! Estim

355 Days of use per year 17.02 Before 1994 0.00 Cons

5 Average gallons per flush before 1994 7.78 After Jan. 1, 1994

3.5 Average gallons per flush before 1994 6.22 WaterSense

1.6 Average gallons per flush after Jan. 1, 1994

1.28 Average gallons per flush w/WaterSense

Showerheads Showerhead GPCD

6 Minutes per person per day 25.09 Before 1980 #DIV/0! Estim


4.3 Average gallons per minute before 1980 9.92 After Jan. 1, 1994

2.2 Average gallons per minute before 1994

1.7 Average gallons per minute after Jan.1, 1994

Faucets Faucet GPCD

8.1 Minutes per person per day 26.00 Before 1980 #DIV/0! Estim


3.3 Average gallons per minute before 1980 11.82 After Jan. 1, 1994

2 Average gallons per minute before 1994

1.5 Average gallons per minute after Jan.1, 1994

Clothes Washer Clothes Washer GPCD0.55 Uses per person per day - 1 pph FALSE Clothes Washer Yes/No

0.42 Uses per person per day - 2 pph FALSE Estimated washer uses per person per day

0.36 Uses per person per day - 3-4 pph 52 Estimated gallons per use ifnot Energy Star

0.34 Uses per person per day - 5+ pph 0 Estimated gallons per use ifis Energy Star

365 Days of use per year FALSE Energy Star Yes/No

52 Average gallons per use - Federal Standard before 1980 FALSE Actual estimated gallons per use

46 Average gallons per use - Federal Standard before 1994 0.00 Estimated clothes washer GPD Use Calculation

41 Average gallons per use - Federal Standard 1994 0.00 Conserving clothes washer GPD

38 Average gallons per use - Federal Standard 2004

33 Average gallons per use - Federal Standard 2007

27 Average gallons per use - Energy Star 200119 Average gallons per use - Energy Star 2004

15 Average gallons per use - Energy Star 2007

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Landscaping

15.00 Gallons per square foot per average year - Grass/lawn

10.05 Gallons per square foot per average year - Shrubs/perennials/groundcovers

3.00 Gallons per square foot per average year - Xeric/native

Percent of Annual ET per month Rates

0.00% January Block 1 Block 2 Block 3

0.00% February $0.0221 $0.0410 $0.0615 Wate

5.61% March $0.0239 Wastewater

9.38% April

12.62% May #DIV/0! Sum of Toilets, S17.25% June #DIV/0! Estimated Actua

15.79% July 0 Conserving Gallo

11.61% August

14.67% September

8.49% October

4.59% November

0.00% December

Unit Dollar Savings Estimated Monthly Savings Estimated Annual Water Savings0.0221 January $0 January $0

0.0221 February $0 February0.0221 March $0 March Estimated Annual Wastewater Savings

0.0221 April $0 April $0

0.0221 May $0 May0.0221 June $0 June

0.0221 July $0 July0.0221 August $0 August

0.0221 September $0 September 0.0221 October $0 October

0.0221 November $0 November

0.0221 December $0 December

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YesNoReplacing a 5 gallon per flush toilet with a WaterSense labeled toilet can save an average householdmore than 14,000 gallons of water and wastewater each year. Colorado Springs Utilities offers arebate of up to $125 on WaterSense labeled toilets. With this rebate, a $250 WaterSense toilet will

pay for itself in just over a year.Replacing a 3.5 gallon per flush toilet with a WaterSense labeled toilet can save the averagehousehold nearly 9,000 gallons of water and wastewater each year. Colorado Springs Utilities offers arebate of up to $125 on WaterSense labeled toilets. With this rebate, a $250 WaterSense toilet willpay for itself in less than two years.Replacing a 5 gallon per minute showerhead with a new standard showerhead can save an averagehousehold about 15,000 gallons each year. A standard $20 showerhead will pay for itself in about two

months.Replacing a showerhead made between 1980 and 1994 may save an average household up to 3,000gallons each year. A $20 investment may pay for itself in as little as a year.

Replacing a 3 gallon per minute faucet with a standard faucet or installing a 1.5 gallon per minutefaucet aerator can save an average household more than 14,000 gallons each year. Faucet aerators

generally cost between $5 and $10 each. A $10 aerator can pay for itself in less than 2 months.Replacing a 2 gallon per minute faucet with a standard faucet or installing a 1.5 gallon per minutefaucet aerator can save an average household nearly 4,000 gallons each year. A $10 aerator can payfor itself in less than 6 months.Replacing a clothes washer made prior to 1980 with an Energy Star labeled clothes washer can savean average household nearly 15,000 each year. Colorado Springs Utilities offers a rebate of $75 on

Energy Star labeled clothes washers. With this rebate, a $700 clothes washer will pay for itself in lessthan seven years. A $400 standard (non-Energy Star) washer may take more than eight years to payfor itself.Replacing a clothes washer made between 1980 and 1994 with an Energy Star labeled clotheswasher can save an average household around 12,000 gallons each year. Colorado Springs Utilitiesoffers a rebate of $75 on Energy Star labeled clothes washers. With this rebate, a $700 clothes

washer will pay for itself in about eight years. A $400 standard (non-Energy Star) washer may taketwelve years to pay for itself.Landscapes generally need about 25% less supplemental irrigation in Spring than Summer. Spring isgood time to check an irrigation system to ensure it is leak-free and properly adjusted. It is also a

good time to aerate the lawn to ensure that roots are getting adequate oxygen and that water willreadily penetrate the soil surface without running off. Visit www.csu.org for a list of water conservation-related classes and information about our irrigation equipment rebates.Runoff should never occur during watering. Consider using multiple shorter watering cycles if you seerunoff occurring. Over watering is also a common problem on sandy soils. Don't increase the amountof time or days you irrigate just to eliminate a few brown spots. Kentucky bluegrass can usually turnbrown (go dormant) in the mid-summer heat and survive with little trouble. Visit the XeriscapeDemonstration Garden at 2855 Mesa Rd. for more information.

Over watering is common in Fall because irrigation systems are not adjusted according to coolingweather. Fall is a good time to aerate the lawn to ensure that roots are getting adequate oxygen andthat water will readily penetrate the soil surface without running off. This is also a good time of year toapply a balanced fertilizer to lawns for an early green up the following Spring.Lawns larger than 5,000 square feet are larger than average. It may be worth considering convertingsome turfgrass that is not used for recreation or is difficult to efficiently irrigate to something that usesless water. Among other things, a properly designed Xeriscape can be aesthetically pleasing year-round, relatively low maintenance, a haven for important pollinators, and may even increase propertyvalues. Visit www.csu.org for more information.

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