MUNICIPAL WATER CONSERVATION PLANNING TOOL

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1 TWDB MUNICIPAL WATER CONSERVATION PLANNING TOOL North Texas Municipal Water District 28 January 2019

2 Agenda Introduction Tool Basics Quick Start Advanced Setup Regional Applications Wholesale Planning Regional Planning Next Steps

3 Introduction Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) has an existing Water Conservation Tracking Tool for members Develop a municipal water conservation planning for 2019 Water Conservation Plan Updates 2021 Regional Water Plans 2022 State Water Plan Pre-Loaded 400+ Utilities Texas-specific measures

4 Introduction Texas Water Development Board Funded Project cipal/plans/index.asp Microsoft Excel Based tool Macros must be enabled Worksheets are protected but not password protected

5 User Guide

6 Terms and Definitions Baseline Demand Projection (includes plumbing code savings) Conservation Demand Projection (includes plumbing code and active program savings) Passive Water Savings (plumbing code savings) Active Water Savings (from utility conservation measures) Pre-Defined Conservation Measure (from tool library) User-Defined Conservation Measure (measure defined by the user) Scenario (saved combination of measures) ICI (Industrial, Commercial and Institutional water users)

7 Tool Basics Inputs Population Connections (single family, multi family, ICI) Baseline Demand Water Loss Pre-Defined Conservation Measures (level of activity) User Defined Conservation Measures (level of activity, cost, savings) What outputs Savings Unit Cost by measure Savings volume by measure 5-year and 10-year and decadal savings volume estimates 5-year and 10-year and decadal GPCD estimates Graphs (Total Production Volume, Total GPCD, Residential GPCD)

8 Start Screen

9 1. Baseline Demand Projections

10 2. Conservation Measures

11 3. Conservation Plan

12 4. Plan Demand Projections

13 Single-Year Savings Calculator

14 Plumbing Fixture Inventory

15 Data Tables Pre-Defined Measures Passive Savings TWDB Data List and Settings Scenarios

16 1. Quick Start 2. 3.

17 Quick Start 2. 1.

18 Quick Start

19 Quick Start

20 Quick Start

21 Quick Start If your entity is listed it could be this simple If all of your conservation programs are listed as pre-defined measures it could be this simple But it is unlikely

22 Advanced Setup Customizing input data Scenarios User-Defined Measures Editing a Pre-Defined Measure Twice per Week Classroom Education Troubleshooting Customizing plumbing level fixture levels

23 Advanced Setup Customizing Inputs