The City of Fort Collins Water Conservation Plan (PDF 1.1 MB) establishes a goal of reducing water use to 140 gallons per capita per day (gpcd) by 2020. Achieving this goal will provide an additional measure of reliability to the water supply system to ensure high quality service to customers in case of future drought, climate change and unforeseen shortages.
The plan lays out a significant expansion of the current program and targets residential and commercial customers as well as indoor and outdoor water use. In November 2009, Council adopted the 2010-2011 budget with the recommended water conservation measures. The plan was approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board in April 2010.
Water conservation is of vital importance for many reasons, including to:
Fort Collins Utilities provides an Annual Report (PDF 514KB) to City Council summarizing accomplishments and progress toward water conservation goals.
