Fairmont’s water source is groundwater. The following measurements of well pumping times and well levels in relationship to pump intake levels trigger entry into corresponding water restriction stages.
Stage | Well Operating Conditions |
1 | Pumping Time >10 hrs: 20% reduction in seasonal normal distance from static water level and pump intake, and 20% increase pumping time for same output |
2 | Pumping Time >12 hrs: 40% reduction in distance from static water level and pump intake, and 40% increase pumping time for same output |
3 | Pumping Time >14 hrs: 60% reduction in distance from static water level and pump intake, and 60% increase pumping time for same output |
4 | Pumping Time >20 hrs: 80% reduction in distance from static water level and pump intake |
5 | Water level at pump intake elevation |
(Ord. 10-138, passed 8-17-2010)