If JCDPU determines a potential shortage of water supply is indicated, such that adequate potable water supplies cannot be maintained, whether the shortage is caused by drought, mechanical failure, limitations of the water treatment and/or pumping facilities or curtailment or interruption of purchased bulk supplies, the County Manager shall be empowered to declare a water shortage advisory. The director of JCDPU shall monitor the supply and demands on the system on a daily basis. The County Manager shall call upon all water customers of JCDPU to employ voluntary water conservation measures to limit water use (especially Class 3 uses) and to eliminate waste of water. The declaration of a water shortage advisory and statement by the County Manager shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, or may be publicized by any other appropriate method including audio and visual broadcast media. The effectiveness of water demand reduction from voluntary water conservation measures will be based on the analysis of daily demand during the advisory period compared to the most current normal period of daily demand as well as historical usage trends.
(Amend. of 3-3-2008(2); Amend. of 4-5-2010)