A. Establish System For Rationing: In the event of a shortage or anticipated shortage of water, the superintendent of water and sewer and/or city administrator shall report the shortage or anticipated shortage to the mayor, or if he or she is unavailable, the president of the council, who is empowered to establish a system of rationing or limiting the delivery of water to the users.
B. Use Priorities: In establishing such system of rationing, priority shall be given to the use of water for the following purposes stated in order of descending priority:
1. Sufficient reserves for emergency use and emergency facility, i.e., firefighting, fire stations hospitals, nursing homes, etc.
2. Residential inside building use and residential outside potable and sanitary uses.
3. Commercial inside building use and commercial outside for potable and sanitary uses.
4. Industrial inside building use and industrial outside potable and sanitary use.
5. Commercial outside non-potable and non-sanitary uses.
6. Residential outside non-potable and non-sanitary use.
7. Industrial outside non-potable and non-sanitary uses.
The system of rationing may either restrict or limit lower priority uses in favor of higher priority uses or rationing may be applied to more than one class of users to permit continued but reduced usage by several levels of priority uses. Any rationing system may provide that a class of use may be restricted to use on certain days of the week, times of the day, or quantities of water as may be determined to be fair and equitable and in consideration of the use priorities herein established. (Ord. 608, 6-6-2023)