If JCDPU determines the raw water supply is below the level necessary to meet normal demands and serious shortages exist and/or there are water treatment and/or pumping facility limitations or purchased bulk supplies are curtailed or interrupted resulting in inadequate supplies of potable water, the County Manager shall advise the Board of Commissioners and the Board of Commissioner may declare a water shortage emergency. In such event, Class I essential uses shall be targeted for voluntary conservation initiatives. Class 2 socially or economically important uses and Class 3 nonessential uses shall be banned. These restrictions shall be enforced until the emergency is declared ended by the director. However, the Board of Commissioners may issue an administrative variance according to section 24-73 on selected uses, if deemed essential, for economic welfare of the service area. The effectiveness of water demand reduction from the imposed ban on all Class 2 and Class 3 water uses will be based on the analysis of daily demand during the emergency period compared to the most recent normal period of daily demand as well as historical usage trends.
(Amend. of 3-3-2008(2); Amend. of 4-5-2010)