(a) The Mayor and/or Village Administrator are hereby authorized to declare that a state of water availability emergency exists when, from time to time, the Mayor and/or Village Administrator reasonably determines that there is a shortage of water in or available to the village’s water service system such that certain restrictions on the use of water from such system during such time are reasonably necessary to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the village and the water system service consumers.
(b) Examples of situations which create such an emergency include, but are not limited to, the following:
(1) A water main break;
(2) Any physical or mechanical failure at the water treatment plant;
(3) Dry or drought conditions; or
(4) Restriction of water supply by state or federal authorities.
(Ord. 02-14, passed 9-9-2002)