(A) Metered residential water customers and allotments.
(1) The number of permanent residents in each dwelling unit (household) will determine the amount of water that each household will be allowed.
(2) Each dwelling unit (household) shall be allotted 100 gallons per day for each resident of the household.
(3) Residential water customers are required to provide the county and utility personnel with reasonable access to read meters as necessary to this rationing declaration. Where access is not readily available, all reasonable efforts to contact customers in order to arrange for access to read meters shall be made. In the event a water customer does not allow entry to read the meter after reasonable efforts to arrange for such access, the dwelling unit (household) allotment may be further reduced from 100 gallons per day at the discretion of the Public Utilities Director in consultation with the system ORC.
(4) If it is found that the residential water allotment provided under this section would create an extraordinary hardship for individual customers; as in the case of special health-related requirements, a revised allotment for the particular customer may be established; any person aggrieved by a decision relating to such an exemption or variance may file a complaint with the County Manager or his or her agent in accordance with the county’s normal administrative procedures.
(B) Non-metered residential water customers and allotments.
(1) In order to effectively implement and monitor the residential water conservation effort, a water allotment shall be established for the entire water system based on 65 gallons per day per capita served or 50% of the water use by the entire system during last meter recording as notified individuals by the county.
(2) The county and the utility will establish a communication system with the customers through public media to inform them of the requirements of the water rationing provisions of this chapter, possible conservation measures that customers may employ, the system allotment, and a regularly scheduled report of whether the usage was within the allotment.
(C) Metered and non-metered residential customers of the same water supply system. Where a water supply system serves both metered and non-metered residential customers, the allotments and procedures provided under both divisions (A) and (B) above shall be applied, as appropriate.
(D) Suggested conservation measures. See addendum.
(Ord. passed - -2007)