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RESOLUTION NO. R17-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA, AUTHORIZING GLENDALE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PHOENIX SPONSORED MULTI-CITY SINGLE FAMILY WATER USE STUDY TO ASSESS CHANGES IN RESIDENTIAL WATER DEMAND.
Staff Contact: Craig Johnson, P.E., Director, Water Services
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to waive reading beyond the title and adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager's designee to participate with the City of Phoenix in the Multi-City Single Family Water Use Study.
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Background
The Water Services Department of the City of Glendale is recommending that the City participate in a planned multi-city single family study funded by the Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) and managed by the City of Phoenix Water Services Department. The grant-funded project will monitor water use in homes in Glendale, Phoenix, Chandler and Gilbert in an effort to better understand water demand patterns in single family residences and develop data for improved water demand projections.
Analysis
Phoenix will administer the study and manage the contract with project consultant Aquacraft. Glendale will participate in the project by providing in-kind support through staff time. In-kind participation by Glendale Water Services staff will include, but not necessarily be limited to, the following types of assistance:
* Working with staff from the City of Phoenix, City of Chandler and Town of Gilbert, and Aquacraft of Boulder, Colorado (consultant selected by Phoenix) to choose a sampling strategy, undertake a study of identified homes, and then produce a report or reports that meet the objectives of the four municipalities and ADWR.
* Installing, retrieving and downloading data from water meter data logging devices for two week periods that will track water use in the selected sample of homes at a more detailed level than conventional water meters (analy...
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