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8. Provide Public Outreach to Inform and Educate Current Practice: The District attends and conducts community meetings and provides information via print and social media. • The District provides monthly and annual reports to the Board of Directors regarding water use and water saving projects and activities to date. Objectives: • Increase public outreach via partnerships with water suppliers and distributors. • Provide project -specific neighborhood meetings. Challenges: • Staff time and availability. How is the District Doing? 9 In Exhibit 2, Table 1 and Graph 1 represent water usage for the past thirteen years (2007/2008 through 2019J202o) and comparison to the District's water target of 503 units per acre. In 2020/2021(most recent completed year), the District was 12.1% below its water target of 503 units per acre. The District has decreased its water use by 29.6% when comparing water consumption in 2020%2021 (most recent completed year) to 2007/2008 units per acre. Exhibit 2, Table 2, shows the vast difference between doing nothing (unmitigated water use utilizing actual 2007 units - 1 unit of water equals 748 gallons - per acre rate) and progressively reducing water use per acre (mitigated water use utilizing actual units per acre rate from Table 1). The column to the far right depicts the quantity of this difference. Cumulatively, since 2007/2008, because of the improvements, the District has saved approximately 850,000 units (over 635,794,000 gallons) and over $4,919,000. On an annual ongoing basis, if no improvements had been made within the District and no increase in developed acreage, future use would increase approximately 39,600 units (over 29,613,000 gallons) per year and $272,000 more per year above the water use target. Conclusion The District is committed to resource utilization, water cost savings, and striving to become an environmentally considerate and sustainable operation. However, there are no simple avenues to meet this commitment; the District already limits irrigation of park landscaping so that the health of the grass and landscaping is near failure level. Irrigating at the bare minimum, coupled with a further reduction, would result in significant turf damage and lead to a difficult recovery. Staff is continuously making efforts to balance aggressive water conservation efforts with turf playability and quality and to preserve healthy landscaping; the recent and recurring drought conditions make it prudent for staff to develop, consider, and implement an effective Water Conservation Plan. P a g e 1 12 October 2021