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Firestone Receives Colorado Water Conservation Board Grant

The Town of Firestone has received a Colorado Water Conservation Board grant to develop a drought mitigation and response plan. Drought planning is an important objective for the Town to ensure critical water supply needs are met when supplies are diminished. The CWCB grant will help offset the cost of preparing these important plans.

In 2007, the Town completed and enacted a water conservation plan, which has helped to contribute to the decreased use of water for customers since that time. The decrease may also be attributed to a 2008 implementation of a tiered rate structure that came as a result of a rate study that focused on water conservation rates.

According to the grant application, “estimated water savings goal for this plan will be to lower the total water use by 5 to 10 percent during a drought. This is in addition to the 12.3 percent savings goal outlined in the Town’s water conservation plan.”

Mayor Chad Auer said, “The Firestone Town Board is committed to water resource sustainability, conservation and drought management. Both staff and the board understand the needs and benefits to implement a drought management plan to ensure the Town is properly prepared to deal with and respond to a drought in a timely and sufficient manner to reduce economic, social and environmental impacts.”

The Town will now develop a comprehensive drought management plan approved by CWCB, and adopted by the Firestone Board of Trustees, that will allow the Town to be prepared to handle a drought situation.