Discussion and direction regarding the proposed water conservation measures and the possibility of establishing the water conservation incentives and applying them countywide.

Ms. Wilson provided the Board copies of the current water conservation measures.  She called the Board's attention to 1819.01 (B) relating to waterless urinals and suggested that the language used there should be retained as it is easier to read and more concise.  In 1819.02 (A) Hot Water on Demand, the proposed changes now suggests a volume of water rather than a time for hot water delivery.  She recommended the Board to approve this change.  She also noted that commercial laundry facilities are already addressed. 

Conferring with her Plans Review Team, she discovered that the reducing valve is already addressed in the building code and does not need to be addressed by the water regulations.  Also, new construction in the sub-watershed uses air conditioning rather than swamp coolers so all mention of swamp coolers has been taken out of the water regulations.    

The Board asked if the Building Code Advisory Committee had weighed in on any of the proposed changes.

Ms. Wilson explained that the changes are not to the Building Code but to the water regulations; therefore input from the advisory board was not warranted.

During discussion, the Supervisors agreed that incentives no longer seemed important as nothing new was being asked by the regulations as the changes we mostly to make the regulations clearer.  Staff pointed out that using Water Star appliances saves home owners about $95 per year in electricity and saves 20,000 to 30,000 gallons of water per year.  All of the Supervisors agreed that we need to make sure that the public has the savings information garnered by using new appliances and techniques.  Mr. Ambrose offered his opinion that the water regulations do not have to go back to the Planning & Zoning Commission as the changes are limited to the Sierra Vista Sub-watershed.