The City Manager has authorization to require or impose reductions in the use of water if such reductions are necessary to comply with Water Supply Shortage conditions as defined in the City WSCP.
The WCSP defines the shortage response actions that align with each Level of Water Supply Shortage and include, at a minimum, all of the following:
A. Locally appropriate supply augmentation actions.
B. Locally appropriate demand reduction actions to adequately respond to shortages.
C. Locally appropriate operational changes.
D. Additional, mandatory prohibitions against specific water use practices in addition to state-mandated prohibitions and appropriate to the local conditions.
E. For each action, an estimate of the extent to which implementation of the action will reduce the gap between supplies and demand.
F. Each elevated shortage level will include the elements of the previous shortage level(s), including the mandatory restrictions on water waste detailed in the WSCP. Each elevated shortage level is intended to be more restrictive than the previous level(s).
G. As deemed necessary, the City may implement an allocation of water supply under a water supply emergency condition beyond WSCP defined actions when water supply conditions dictate necessity. (Ord. 3299 § 1 (part), 2021)