As used in this chapter:
(a) “County Administrator” shall mean the County Administrator of Loudoun County, or his designee.
(b) “Declaration of water supply emergency” shall mean a resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to this chapter, declaring the existence or reasonably likely occurrence of a water supply emergency.
(c) “Designated outdoor water use day” shall mean a day that is specified for outdoor water usage and/or activities, as established pursuant to Section 1046.05.
(d) “Irrigation” shall mean the watering of shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, plants, or other vegetation.
(e) “Water Supply Emergency - Emergency Stage” shall mean a Water Supply Emergency condition in which the present ability of Loudoun Water to deliver adequate supplies of potable water to customers for normal levels of potable water usage is endangered due to extended drought and/or disruption in Loudoun Water's water supply system.
(f) “Water Supply Emergency - Warning Stage” shall mean a Water Supply Emergency condition in which the reasonably expected future ability of Loudoun Water to deliver adequate supplies of potable water to customers for normal levels of potable water usage is endangered by dry weather and/or disruption in Loudoun Water's water supply system, thereby making water supply emergency - emergency stage conditions reasonably likely to occur if water demands are not reduced.
(g) “Water Supply Watch” shall mean an existing or potential near-term water shortage condition in which the Potomac River Basin and/or Goose Creek/Beaverdam Reservoir are experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, the beginning of a drought condition, or which may be evidenced by the declaration of a water supply watch declared by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
(Ord. 08-10. Passed 7-1-08.)