In order to ensure the continued supply of safe drinking water to the citizens of the city, the City Council adopts the following plan addressing conservation, drought, and emergency contingencies. The plan is based upon demand on the system and implements a series of stages depending upon the severity of the demand.
(A) Stage 1: Water Watch.
(1) Triggers. This stage is triggered by any of the following conditions:
(a) When the calculated water system demand equals 60% of the calculated water system capacity for three consecutive days;
(b) When the wellfield supply is reduced to less than 75% of total pumping capacity;
(c) When the drawdown of the wells is more than normal for that time of the year as determined by the Water Operator;
(d) When the system storage reservoirs cannot be filled to 90% of capacity by 2:00 a.m. each morning; and/or
(e) When the City Administrator or Director of Public Works deems it appropriate, using best professional judgment and considering weather conditions, weather forecasts, river flow conditions, and water system operations.
(2) Goals. The goals of this stage are to heighten awareness of all consumers on water conditions and to maintain the integrity of the water supply system and to reduce overall weekly consumption by 10%.
(3) Education actions.
(a) The city may make occasional news releases to the local media, as well as posting at City Hall, describing present conditions and indicating the regulatory action.
(b) The triggers necessitating the Stage 1: Water Watch may also be made available to the news media along with an explanation of terms.
(4) Management action.
(a) The city will ascertain that each well is operating at peak efficiency.
(b) Leaks detected will be repaired within 48 hours.
(c) The city shall curtail weekly use of Class 1 uses by 10%.
(5) Regulatory action. The consumers may be asked to voluntary reduce the use of water as defined in Class 1.
(6) Declaration of a Water Watch. Whenever the City Administrator or Director of Public Works finds that conditions exist as described in the Plan under Stage 1: Water Watch triggers, the City Administrator or Public Works Director shall declare a Stage 1: Water Watch, and implement the steps outlined under this section. The implementation declaring the existence and end of a Stage 1: Water Watch shall be effective upon issuing of news releases and posting at City Hall.
(7) Termination of a Water Watch. The City Administrator or Director of Public Works shall declare the end of a Stage 1: Water Watch.
(B) Stage 2: Water Warning.
(1) Triggers. This stage is triggered by any of the following conditions:
(a) When the calculated water system demand equals 70% of the calculated water system capacity for three consecutive days;
(b) When the wellfield supply is reduced to less than 70% of total pumping capacity;
(c) When the drawdown of the wells increases significantly over and above the level determined in Stage 1;
(d) When the system storage reservoirs cannot be filled to 85% of capacity by 2:00 a.m. each morning; and/or
(e) When the City Administrator or Director of Public Works deems it appropriate, using best professional judgment and considering weather conditions, weather forecasts, river flow conditions, and water system operations.
(2) Goals. The goal of this stage is to reduce overall weekly consumption by 20%.
(3) Education actions.
(a) The city may make weekly news releases to the local media and by posting, describing present conditions and projecting the outlook for the coming week.
(b) The triggers necessitating the Stage 2: Water Warning may also be made available to the consumers through news releases and posting at City Hall along with an explanation of terms.
(c) Water conservation articles may be provided to the local newspaper and posted at City Hall.
(4) Management actions.
(a) The city will continue to monitor water supplies on a daily basis.
(b) Leaks shall be repaired within 48 hours or a violation notice shall be issued.
(c) The city shall curtail weekly use of Class 1 by 15%.
(d) The city may terminate its usage of water classified in Class 1 and Class 2.
(5) Regulation action. Water classified as Class 1 shall be terminated except as follows.
(a) An odd/even lawn watering system will be imposed on all city residential, commercial and industrial users. Consumers with odd numbered address will water on odd days; even numbered addresses will water on even days, such as 1025 P Street will water on odd-numbered days and 1020 P Street will water on even-numbered days.
(b) Outdoor water use. including lawn watering and home car washing will be restricted to before 11:00 a.m. and after 6:00 p.m.
(c) Waste of water is strictly prohibited.
(6) Declaration of a Water Warning.
(a) Whenever the governing body of the city finds that conditions exist as described in this plan under Stage 2: Water Warning, triggers, it shall be empowered to declare, by resolution, that a Stage 2: Water Warning exists and implement the steps outlined under this Plan.
(b) The resolution declaring the existence of a Stage 2: Water Warning shall be effective upon news release and/or posting at City Hall.
(c) In the event of a partial system failure, or natural disaster the City Administrator or Director of Public Works shall have the authority to declare a Stage 2: Water Warning. As soon as practical the City Council shall declare, by resolution, that a Stage 2: Water Warning exists.
(7) Termination of a Water Warning. The City Administrator or Director of Public Works shall declare the end of a Stage 2: Water Warning.
(C) Stage 3: Water Emergency.
(1) Triggers. This stage is triggered by any one of the following conditions:
(a) When the calculated water system demand equals 80% of the calculated water system capacity for three consecutive days;
(b) When the wellfield supply is reduced to less than 65% of total pumping capacity;
(c) When the drawdown of the wells increases significantly over and above the level determined in Stage 2;
(d) When the system storage reservoirs cannot be filled to 80% of capacity by 2:00 a.m. each morning; and/or
(e) When the City Administrator or Director of Public Works deems it appropriate, using best professional judgment and considering weather conditions, weather forecasts, river flow conditions, and water system operations.
(2) Goals. The goals of this stage are to reduce the overall weekly consumption by a minimum of 50% and maintain the integrity of the system.
(3) Education actions.
(a) The city may make weekly news releases to the local media and by posting, describing present conditions and projecting the outlook for the coming week.
(b) The triggers necessitating the Stage 3: Water Emergency may also be made available to the public through news releases and posting at City Hall along with an explanation of terms.
(c) Water conservation articles may be provided to the local newspaper and posted.
(d) The city may conduct public meetings to discuss the emergency; the status of the city water supply and further actions, which may needed to be taken.
(4) Management actions.
(a) The city water supplies shall be monitored daily.
(b) Leaks shall be repaired within 24 hours.
(c) The city may seek additional emergency supplies from other sources.
(5) Regulation actions.
(a) Uses of water in Class 1 and Class 2 are prohibited.
(b) Waste of water shall be prohibited.
(6) Declaration of a Water Emergency. Whenever the governing body of the city finds that conditions exist as described in this Plan under Stage 3: Water Emergency, triggers, it shall be empowered to declare, by resolution, that a Stage 3: Water Emergency exists and implement the steps outlined under this Plan. The resolution declaring the existence of a Stage 3: Water Emergency shall be effective upon news release and/or posting at City Hall. In the event of a system failure, or natural disaster the City Administrator or Director of Public Works shall have the authority to declare a Stage 3: Water Emergency. As soon as practical the City Council shall declare, by resolution, that a Stage 3: Water Emergency exists.
(7) Termination of a Water Emergency. The City Administrator or Director of Public Works shall declare the end of a Stage 3: Water Emergency.
(Prior Code, § 51.128) (Ord. 1969, passed 3-11-2013)