Agenda - City of Dallas

KEY FOCUS AREA:
AGENDA ITEMS # 7,8
Make Government More Efficient, Effective and Economical
AGENDA DATE: February 22, 2012
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
DEPARTMENT:
All
Business Development & Procurement Services
Water Utilities
CMO: Jeanne Chipperfield, 670-7804
Forest E. Turner, 670-3390
MAPSCO:
SUBJECT
N/A
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Water Conservation Program
* Authorize a five-year service contract for water consumption audits for industrial,
commercial and institutional facilities - Alan Plummer and Associates, Inc., most
advantageous proposer of four - Not to exceed $742,309 - Financing: Water Utilities
Current Funds (subject to annual appropriations)
* A resolution authorizing the implementation and guidelines for a rebate program for
industrial, commercial and institutional water utilities customers - Not to exceed an
annual budget of $2,000,000 - Financing: Water Utilities Current funds (subject to
annual appropriations)
BACKGROUND
This service contract will provide water consumption audits to the City’s industrial,
commercial and institutional (ICI) customers by helping them identify potential water
savings throughout their facilities. ICI water consumption audits are included as a water
conservation strategy in the City's 2010 Five-Year Strategic Plan on Water
Conservation Update (Plan).
Water Conservation remains an essential element of Dallas’s long range water supply
strategy. In 2005, Council adopted a Five-year Strategic Plan that defined water
conservation goals for Fiscal Year (FY) 2004-05 through FY 2009-10 and
recommended conservation strategies to achieve those goals. From FY 2001-02
through FY 2010-11, ongoing water conservation efforts and implementation of the Plan
have helped Dallas save approximately 146 billion gallons of water.