(A) If a water shortage or water emergency is declared, the city shall first restrict, decrease, interrupt, or terminate the sale of surplus water to bulk water customers and others for use or consumption outside the city limits of the City of Faith as and to the extent the city, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate in response to the water shortage or water emergency. In addition, the city may take any other measures that the city determines, in its sole discretion, are necessary to alleviate or otherwise address the water shortage or water emergency, including, but not limited to, allocating water necessary for the first priority uses identified in § 51.13 and establishing secondary priorities and allocations for the remaining water, without discrimination between consumers located within the city limits using water for the same purpose or purposes.
(B) Any measures adopted in response to a declared water shortage or water emergency shall, for the duration of the period of the declared shortage or emergency, prevail over any conflicting provisions of law establishing rights of persons to receive specific or proportionate amounts of the water supply available for distribution within the city limits or otherwise.
(C) Any measures adopted in response to a declared water shortage or water emergency shall be made available for public inspection and copying at the City Finance office for the duration of the period of the declared shortage or emergency. As soon as practical after the adoption of such measures, notice of the measures shall also be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in the official newspaper in the city, unless the duration of the declared shortage or emergency ends sooner.
(Ord. 329, passed 11-20-2018)