STAGE 1: Voluntary Water Awareness Summary
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| CLOUDY Wind: NNW at 5 mph | |
| Tomorrow: | 62°F/86°F |
| Saturday: | 68°F/90°F |
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GOAL
Raise public awareness of potential drought problems.
TRIGGERING CRITERIA
The Town purchases 100% of its potable water from the City of Dallas. Therefore, the emergency water management triggering measures will be the same as those of the City of Dallas.
Water supplies are low
Total raw water supply in connected lakes or the western or eastern reservoirs has dropped below 65% (35% depleted) of DWU’s share of the total conservation storage.
Water demand approaches system capacity
Water demand has reached or exceeded 85% of delivery capacity for 4 consecutive days.
Short-term deficiencies limit supply capability
Water demand approaches a reduced delivery capacity for all or part of the system, as determined by DWU.
Contamination
Natural or man-made contamination of the water supply source(s) occurs.
ACTIONS AVAILABLE
Specific actions taken during any drought situation will be determined by the Director of DWU. The Director may also take other actions not listed, if deemed necessary. Following is a menu of possible actions.
ALL WATER CUSTOMERS
- Encourage reduction in water use.
- Prohibit residential or commercial lawn watering and car washing between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m.
CITY GOVERNMENT
- Initiate public education campaign teaching and encouraging reduced water use practices.
- Reduce city government use of water for street washing, vehicle washing, operation of ornamental fountains and all other nonessential use.
- Intensify normal leak detection and repair activities on water pipes and mains.
- City staff will begin review of the problems which initiated the Stage 1 actions.
- Notify major water users and work with them to achieve voluntary water use reduction.
TERMINATION CRITERIA
All initiated actions will remain in effect until the conditions which triggered Stage 1 have been alleviated. If Stage 1 is initiated because of excessive demands, all initiated actions will remain in effect through September 30 of the year in which they were triggered, or until the director of Dallas Water Utilities determines that conditions exist which will allow removal of Stage 1 actions.