(A) Metered residential water customers and allotments.
(1) The number of permanent residents in each dwelling unit (household) will determine the amount of water that each household will be allowed.
(2) Each dwelling unit (household) shall be allotted 40 gallons per day for each resident of the household. Households with only one permanent resident will have a daily allotment of 55 gallons.
(3) Residential water customers are required to provide town and utility personnel with reasonable access to read meters as necessary to monitor this rationing declaration. Where access is not readily available, all reasonable efforts to contact customers in order to arrange for access to read meters shall be made. In the event a water customer does not allow entry to read the meter after reasonable efforts to arrange for such access, the dwelling unit (household) allotment will be reduced to 55 gallons per day.
(4) If it is found that the residential water allotment provided under this section would create an extraordinary hardship for individual customers, as in the case of special health related requirements, a revised allotment for the particular customer may be established. Any person aggrieved by a decision relating to such an exemption of variance may file a complaint with the Director of Public Services.
(B) Nonmetered residential water customers and allotments.
(1) In order to effectively implement and monitor the residential water conservation effort, a water allotment shall be established for the entire water system based on 40 gallons per day per capita served.
(2) The town will establish a communication system with the customers through public media to inform them of the requirements of the water rationing provisions of this chapter possible conservation measures that customers may employ, the system allotment, and a regularly scheduled report of whether the usage was within the allotment.
(C) Metered and nonmetered residential customers of the same water supply system. Where a water supply system serves both metered and nonmetered residential customers, the allotments and procedures provided under both divisions (A) and (B) above shall be applied as appropriate.
(D) Suggested conservation measures. Suggested conservation measures are set forth in § 50.098 of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 50.092)