HomeMy WebLinkAbout0033_0002DROUGHT WATER MANAGLMENT PLAN
CITY OF GEORGETOWN
The purpose of the Drought Water Management Plan is to identify
the conditions that would add up to a water shortage in the City
of Georgetown and to set forth water reduction measures prior to
an actual water supply emergency. It is an aim of this plan to
distribute the burden of water demand reduction equally among
all water users.
The Drought Water Management Plan is made up of four phases.
Each phase showing the conditions of increasing water shortage
and the steps involved in lessening the threat of a serious water
energency.
PHASE I -WATER CONSERVATION STAGE -VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE
The indicator of this stage will be that the total pumpaee
reaches 5.5 Million gallons per day for three consecutiv-
days or the water level in observation well # 1 begins or
continues dropping rapidly.
At this time the following steps will be carried out:
1. Formal notification by the Mayor, City Manager, and Director
of Public Works of a possible water shortage.
2. Increase efforts to inform the public on water saving tips
and water saving devices.
3. Individually notify major commercial and industrial users and
request voluntary conservation.
4. Increase efforts to detect and repair leaks in the water
distribution system.
5. Request public to conserve indoor water use.
6. Request public to go to an odd/even lawn and garden water
program and confine watering and sprinkling to the hours of 6.00
A. M. to 10 00 A.M. and 6:00 P. M. to 10 00 P. M. with the exception
of commercial nurseries and florists.
7. Request that the operation of ornamental fountains and
waterfalls that draw from City water supply be stopped.
8. Curtail all public water used such as City vehicle washing,
strret cleaning, park landscape irrigation, etc.
9. Prohibit the use of water from fire hydrants for any other
purpose other than fire extinguishing and permitted use.
PHASE II -WATER CONSERVATION STAGE -MANDATORY COMPLIANCE
The indicator of this stage will be that the water level in
observation well # 1 falls to a depth of 110 feet below the top
of the casing for two consecutive days. At this time all the
steps of Phase I will be carried out plus the following:
1. Fcrmal notification by the Mayor,City Manager, And Director
of Public Works of a water shortage.
2. Prohibit all water waste. Water waste being defined as any
water flowing into a street gutter or storm sewer or failure to
repair a controllable leak.
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3. Require public to go to an odd/even lawn and garden water program,
allowing watering only on Saturdays, Sundays,Wednesdays, and
Thursdays between the hours of 6 00 A.M. to 10.00 A.M. and 6.00 P.M.
to 10.00 P. M. with the exception of commercial nurseries and
florists.
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