(a) Customers with existing irrigation systems. When reclaimed water becomes available to a property, the director shall provide written notice to the town water customer located on that property of such availability. Customers with existing irrigation systems using potable water who desire to continue to maintain such systems using town water, must apply for reclaimed water in accordance with the application procedures specified in this article and must disconnect said systems from the town potable water system and connect to the reclaimed water system within 90 days of such written notice of availability. The director shall have the authority to grant temporary exemptions from this section in the event of reclaimed water shortages or for other good cause, in which case the temporary exemption shall not exceed 180 days.
(b) Customers with new irrigation systems. All new irrigation systems designed to use town water constructed after the effective date of this article must connect to the reclaimed water system at construction, if reclaimed water is available to the property. Such connection must be made prior to, or contemporaneously with connection of other improvements on the property to the town's potable water system. If reclaimed water is not available to a property at the time of construction of an irrigation system, connection to the reclaimed water system must be made within 90 days of notice of availability from the director.
(Code 1982, § 19-109; Ord. No. 99-013, § 1, 8-12-1999)