(A) Declaration of emergency.
(1) Subject to review by the Board of Commissioners at any regular or special meeting of the Board, a water emergency may be declared to exist by the Town Manager, or his or her designee, when any condition or situation exists that may threaten the availability and/or safety of either treated or potable water from the water supply, treatment, and distribution system operated and maintained by the town.
(2) A water emergency shall be declared to exist by the Town Manager or his or her designee when production, treatment, transmission and storage facilities are incapable of meeting all daily water demands or when projections of available water show that the available supply of water will not meet the daily water demands.
(3) Such conditions shall include but not be limited to distribution line failure, well or pump failure, drought conditions, or any declaration of water emergency by an appropriate Robeson County, State of North Carolina, or federal authority which affects the town.
(B) (1) The declaration of the existence of a water emergency by the Town Manager or his or her designee shall specify the level of the severity of the emergency and be in the form of a signed Manager’s Directive that shall be provided to the Mayor and Board of Commissioners in the most expeditious manner available; and upon such distribution, the Manager or his or her designee shall then notify the public via a press announcement of said water emergency.
(2) Any regulatory provisions authorized by this chapter will become effective 24 hours after the issuance of the public press announcement.
(C) The severity of the water emergency shall be classified and expressed by the Town Manager or his or her designee in terms of the level of staged water use restrictions imposed on the town’s water customers.
(Ord. 10-138, passed 8-17-2010)