A water shortage shall be deemed to exist when the reserve supply shall have reached a point where it has been so reduced that the water system users cannot be supplied with water to protect their health and safety without curtailing substantially the demand for water or:
(A) The water source shows a 20% reduction in each of 3 or more high production yield wells (100 to 130 GPM) after a 6-hour pumping cycle;
(B) When the water drawn down activates the automatic low water cut off once during a scheduled 6 hours of pumping operation;
(C) When well water level recovery time to normal static level is longer than 12 hours;
(D) Un-located usage source of water causing insufficient water storage;
(E) Act of nature destruction of water storage; or
(F) Loss of power source more than 48 hours.
(G) Notification.
(1) The following notification methods will be used to inform water system employees and customers of a water shortage declaration: employee e-mail announcements, notices at municipal buildings, notices in water bills, and on the town website homepage.
(2) Required water shortage response measures will be communicated through the Asheboro Courier-Tribune, The Liberty Leader, notices at municipal buildings, and on the town website.
(H) Trigger authority. The Town Manager or any agent assigned has the authority and he/she will declare when triggers are met for the following stages: voluntary conservation, mandatory conservation, water shortage emergency, and rationing.
(I) Reverse triggers. Once a trigger has been declared, it will only be rescinded when the Town Manager can certify that the static water levels at pump intake has recovered to the next lesser stage. (Example: to rescind mandatory conservation, static levels would have to recover to the voluntary conservation level.)
(Ord. passed 4-26-1999; Am. Ord. passed 3-22-2010)