Some HOAs will save $20,000 next summer!! - WILL YOURS?
DCWRA presents expert lineup to teach
HOAs valuable water conservation practices
click here for expert powerpoint presentations
The Douglas County Water Resource Authority (DCWRA) hosted a free half-day seminar for Douglas County Homeowner’s Associations (HOAs) on Saturday, September 24 that featured a strong lineup of speakers who presented water conservation practices that when implemented save the HOAs thousands of dollars on their respective water bills.
As part of the program, the DCWRA also awarded four rotary nozzle sprinkler retrofits through a random drawing, with four different HOAs winning a professionally installed retrofit of up to 250 sprinkler heads with new water-saving rotary sprinkler nozzles that are up to 30 percent more efficient in delivering water.
More than three dozen representatives from different HOAs around Douglas County participated in the half-day seminar. Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella was on hand to welcome the crowd and express how much the County supports the DCWRA’s conservation efforts. Also on hand was John Stulp, Special Policy Advisor to Governor Hickenlooper for Water for the State of Colorado.
“Colorado is such a great place to live, more and more people are going to make our state their home,” said Stulp. “Figuring out a water future to handle the growth is something that is going to take a lot of effort – from conservation to new projects to taking advantage of new technology. Sessions like these, where people are actively learning how to do things better are going to be critical moving forward.”
As Doug Campbell, Director of Educational Outreach for the DCWRA, explained, approximately 54 percent of all water use from homeowners come from outside usage on landscaping, so greater efficiency can have an immediate and positive impact on Douglas County’s water future. Emily Coll from Castle Pines Metropolitan District, Craig Miller from Parker Water and Sanitation District and John Klassen, from Centennial Water and Sanitation District, all gave detailed presentations on specific practices HOAs can follow to immediately improve their water efficiency. All of the presentations were geared to show that different practices would be effective regardless of the size of the HOA. Individual homeowners can easily implement almost all of the conservation practices as well.
After the conservation presentations, Rick Schultz from the Town of Castle Rock offered up examples of other Douglas County areas that have successfully implemented different water conservation efforts just like the ones the presenter spoke about, and had hard data to back up the positive results.
Mark Shively, Executive Director of the DCWRA, finished the program with some stunning figures regarding the economics of water efficiency and the impact increasing efficiency can have on and HOA from a financial standpoint. He asked all HOAs to budget a few dollars to support water efficiency measures in their 2012 budgets.
The reference materials from the presentations are available at the DCWRA’s website at www.dcwater.org, as well as helpful tips, videos and other news regarding water conservation and water issues for Douglas County residents.
DCWRA education coordinator Doug Campbell explains to HOA why
efficient irrigation practices are important
Douglas County Commissioner Jill Repella speaks
to water conservation techniques for HOAs
PowerPoint 1 - Doug Campbell - Is Saving Water Important
Powerpoint 2 - Emily Coll - Water Conservation Techniques for HOAs
PowerPoint 3 - Craig Miller
Cultural Practices That Can Help You Save Water & Money
PowerPoint 4 - Jon Klassen - Keys to Efficiency
PowerPoint 5 - Rick Schultz - Real World Success Stories
PowerPoint 6 - Mark Shively - Economics of Water Efficiency
