PullmanConserves

Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 October 2016 12:04

Conservation Goals

The City’s conservation program is primarily driven by the desire to minimize the impacts on water resources, namely the regional aquifer, and to meet regulatory requirements.  The goal of the current program, initiated in 2015, is to reduce water use by 29,365 gallons per day on an annual basis (as opposed to peak season) by the end of 2019.  This goal was established using a public process that included conducting a public meeting on November 19, 2013 and a subsequent discussion regarding the draft goal during a City Council meeting.  Public input was encouraged and was also provided.  To help achieve this goal the measures listed below have been selected based on a combination of factors including applicability to the City of Pullman service area, customer acceptance, cost effectiveness and/or savings potential.  

• Conseration Pricing
• Bills Showing Consumptive History
• Landscape Management Practices on City Property
• Education
• Providing Free Toilet Leak Detection Dye Tablets
• Providing Free Bathroom Faucet Aerators
• Providing Free Showerheads
• Toilet Rebate Program
• Washing Machine Rebates for Multifamily Shared Laundry Facilities
• Conducting Water User Surveys on Public Buildings
• Providing Lawn Removal Credits
• Providing Free Watering Hose Timers 

Conservation Goal Status

Since the program inception in the spring of 2015 thru December 31, 2015 the City provided 181 toilet rebates and one irrigated lawn removal rebate.  In addition, 1454 bathroom faucet aerators, 395 toilet leak detection tablets and 615 showerheads were distributed.  The total estimated water savings in 2015 is 4555 gallons per day (1.7 million gallons per year), roughly 16% of the 2019 goal of 29,365 gallons per day (10.7 million gallons per day)