(A) The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council is authorized to promulgate, adopt and enforce a water rationing plan by virtue of Emergency Management Services Code, 35 Pa.C.S. §§ 7101 et seq. as implemented by the drought emergency proclamations.
(B) The township municipal authority has responsibility under its articles of incorporation to provide potable water to residents of Conemaugh Township and Benson Borough and surrounding areas.
(C) The authority is authorized pursuant to the township drought emergency regulations to implement and enforce mandatory water conservation measures, upon declaration of a local water shortage or drought emergency by the Township Supervisors.
(D) Therefore, the township municipal authority hereby adopts the following.
(Ord. 620, passed 10-26-1998)