GOAL

Achieve a 10% reduction in total gallons per capita per day.

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 Awareness may be triggered by any one of the following:

Water supplies are low

Total raw water supply in connected lakes or the western or eastern reservoirs has dropped below 55% (45% depleted) of DWU’s share of the total conservation storage.

Water demand approaches system capacity

Water demand has reached or exceeded 90% of delivery capacity for 3 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 and or emergencies specific to the town of Addison.

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 the City Manager or the official designee. The City Manager may also take other actions not listed, if deemed necessary. Following is a menu of possible actions.

ALL WATER CUSTOMERS

• Prohibit hosing off of paved areas, buildings or windows; operation of swimming pool draining followed by refilling, washing or rinsing vehicles by hose; using water in such a manner as to allow runoff or other water wastes.
  Exceptions: Vehicles may be washed or rinsed with a hose at commercial car washes; vehicles may be washed at any location with a bucket or other container.
• Limit landscape watering at each service address to once every five days based on the last digit of the address per the schedule below.

No watering will be allowed on the 31st. Apartments, office building complexes or other property containing multiple addresses will be identified by the lowest address number.

Where there are no numbers, a number will be assigned by the director. These restrictions also apply to government facilities.

Exemptions: Foundations, azaleas, and new plantings (first year) of trees and shrubs may be watered with a hand-held or soaker hose on any day for up to two hours; nurseries may water plant stock only without restrictions; public gardens may water without restriction.

CITY GOVERNMENT

• Continue public education campaign teaching and encouraging reduced water use practices.

TERMINATION CRITERIA

All initiated actions will remain in effect until the conditions which triggered Stage 2 have been alleviated. If Stage 2 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 2 actions.

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