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CC Resolution No. 1287RESOLUTION NO. 1287 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ADOPTING A WATER CONSERVATION PLAN; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of Baytown ( "City ") is required by the Baytown Area Water Authority (`BAWA ") to approve and implement a water conservation program in accordance with the requirements of the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission; and WHEREAS, the water conservation program hereinafter adopted sets forth uniform requirements, guidelines, and recommendations for water conservation; and WHEREAS, the water conservation plan satisfies the requirements of BAWA and enables City to comply with all applicable directives of the Texas Water Development Board; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby approves and adopts the Water Conservation Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein for all intents and purposes. Section 2: This Resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 25th day of July, 1996. x� (r. 4 PETE C. A C. Mayor F.189036 EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk F.Voi 1 . 93 9 a �1 9 rei] iIRAV ,AGNACIO RAMIREZ, SR ity Attorney c: \klh 17 \council \resolution \conservation 2384 CITY OF BAYTOWN WATER CONSERVATION PLAN PURPOSE: This plan sets forth uniform requirements, guidelines, and recommendations for water conservation and drought contingency for the City of Baytown, Texas and it will enable the City to comply with all applicable requirements and recommendations of the Texas Water Development Board. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The City of Baytown operates and maintains approximately 380 miles of water distribution system. The City also maintains seven wells for emergency use only and has a permit from the Harris - Galveston Coastal Subsidence District to withdraw 8 MG per year. The City operates and maintains seven elevated storage tanks with a total capacity of 4.45 MG. The total water supply for the City of Baytown is purchased from the Baytown Area Water Authority Surface Water Treatment Plant which is located on Thompson Road near the intersection of Interstate Highway 10. The City follows and complies with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Rules and Regulations for Public Water Supplies, adopted 1992, National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR), and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this plan are: To inform and educate the public about water conservation and drought contingency aspects and methods. 2. To improve water use efficiency in existing buildings by recommending guidelines. 3. To maintain a water rate structure for the City in order to encourage users to conserve water. 4. To require Utility personnel to inspect, repair and replace water meters throughout the City for accurate water metering. To encourage water conserving landscaping. EXHIBIT A 6. To require Utility personnel to detect water leaks in the City water pipes and find other sources of unaccountable water. 7. To encourage the City, commercial, and industrial establishments to recycle and reuse water in aesthetic ponds, fountains and for irrigation when possible. To minimize distribution operating pressure within a constant, acceptable operating range. GALS: The goals of the City are to reduce per capita water consumption, increase citizen awareness of water conservation techniques, and to reduce unaccountable water. The City's per capita use over the last three years is 107 gallons per day. It is the City's goal to reduce per capita usage to a lower figure. GENERAL PROGRAM: In recognition of the importance of public participation in water conservation, all City water users shall be informed about methods to save water in their daily use for landscaping, lawn use, and in recreational use. The City shall provide public education programs utilizing the following methods: Direct mailings of brochures or newsletters on water conservation programs to water users. 2. Brochures and pamphlets will be made available to the public with a display rack in City Hall. New customer water conservation packages to be given to all new customers when they sign up for services: contents will give tips on conserving water during all usage and describe water - conserving fixtures that can be retro -fitted to house plumbing. This package shall also be sent to any customer that may have a complaint about a water bill or high water usage. 4. Provide tours of the Baytown Area Water Authority Surface Water Treatment Plant to the public, citizen organizations, and school classes. WATER CONSERVATION LANDSCAPING: When issuing building permits, the City shall encourage: Landscape architects to use adaptive, lower water using plants and grasses and efficient irrigation systems in preparing all site and facility plans. 2. Nurseries and local business to offer adaptive, low water using plants and grasses and efficient landscape watering devices, such as drip irrigation systems, and encourage the use of timing devices for watering during low - demand periods. IRRIGATION: In order to reduce demand placed on a water system by landscaping watering, the City encourages: Licensed irrigation contractors to use drip irrigation systems when possible and to design all irrigation systems with water conservation features, such as sprinklers that emit large drops rather than a fine mist and a sprinkler layout that accommodated prevailing wind direction. Commercial establishments to use drip irrigation for landscape watering when possible and to install only ornamental fountains that recycle and use the minimum amount of water. The water pressure in the City Distribution System shall be regulated so that customer pressure does not exceed 60 PSI under normal circumstances. The Baytown Area Water Authority plant that supplies the City's water will maintain a minimum operating distribution pressure to adequately supply all customers with sufficient water quantity for consumption and fire protection. RETROFIT OF EXISTING STRUCTURES: The City shall make information available through its public participation program for plumbers and customers to utilize when purchasing and installing plumbing fixtures, lawn- watering equipment or water using appliance. Information regarding retrofit devices, such as low -flow shower heads or toilet dams, that reduce water use by replacing or modifying the existing fixtures or appliances shall be provided. The City shall also encourage the use of the following water conserving devices: toilet displacement bottles, water closet dams, dual -flush, flow restrictors, reduce -flow shower heads, shower cut -off valves, faucet aerators, pipe insulators, and water hook -up pressure reducing valves. WATER METER INSPECTION, REPAIR, AND REPLACEMENT: All water users and other City establishments shall be metered by the City if feasible. A regularly scheduled maintenance program of meter repair and replacement will be established in accordance with the following time intervals: 1. Production (master) meters: Test once a year. 2. Meters larger than six inches: Test once a year. 3. Meters larger than three inches but less than six inches: Test every two years. 4. Meters larger than one inch but less than three inches: Test every three years. 5. The utility meters and the customer meters shall be checked and compared periodically. In case of discrepancy between their sums, action shall be taken for detecting and stopping leaks or repairing/replacing meters. WATER RATE STRUCTURE: The City shall maintain a conservation- oriented water rate structure. The rate structure is changed as needed. $7.50 - The first 2,000 gallons $2.35 - Each additional 1,000 gallons LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR: The City shall be responsible for an annual water accounting program. City personnel shall detect unaccountable water sources such as defective hydrants, abandoned services, inaccurate or leaking meters, illegal hook -ups, unauthorized use of fire hydrants, and leaks in mains and services. Once such leaks are detected, corrective repairs shall be undertaken. The City shall provide detailed data to manage and record all leaks in the distribution system. A progress report shall be prepared and water lines with excess number of leaks shall be replaced. The City has a water rehabilitation crew that is continuously replacing water lines in areas that are experiencing an excessive amount of line breakage. IMPLEMENTATION: The City shall have full authority and means to implement the provisions of the Plan. 4 The City shall provide all reports requested by BAWA, the City of Houston, and the Texas Water Development Board related to this water conservation plan. All water supply contracts entered into by the City will require a water conservation plan submitted to the City by this entity (such as a MUD District) within one year of the signing of the contract. EMERGENCY WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT PLAN The City of Baytown is supplied water from the Baytown Area Water Authority. Therefore, the City Water Conservation Plan corresponds with the Baytown Area Water Authority's (BAWA) Water Conservation Plan. Trigger Conditions: Mild Conditions: The BAWA supply or the demand of the City has reached the capacity of the normal operation of the system. 2. The water supply to the City is still adequate, but there is a possibility the supply of raw water to BAWA may become limited. Moderate Conditions: Water demand has reached the capacity of the systems to the point where a failure of a pump or other equipment would cause a serious disruption of service. 2. Water supply either at BAWA or the City of Baytown has been decreased by 15% of normal operations. Severe Conditions: The imminent or actual failure of a major component in the supply and/or distribution system. 2. Any condition that has an immediate health or safety impact, including fire protection. Water demand has reached a level that cannot be supplied. EMERGENCY WATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT MEASURES: Mild Condition Measures: 1. Inform the public by mail and through the news media that a trigger condition has been reached, and that water users should look for ways to reduce water use. 2. Activate an information center and discuss the situation in the news media. 3. Advise the public of the trigger condition daily. 4. Advertise a voluntary daily lawn watering schedule. Moderate Condition Measures: 1. Impose a mandatory lawn watering schedule. 2. Assess fines to water wasters. 3. Prohibit certain uses such as ornamental water fountains or other nonessential water uses. 4. Request industries or other non - municipal water users to stop certain uses. 5. Have all City wells ready to operate if needed for additional supply or fire emergencies. Severe Condition Measures: 1. Prohibit all outdoor water use. 2. Limit the amount of water each customer can use, and take legal action as needed to secure compliance. 3. Require industrial or commercial water users to stop operations so the remaining water is available for essential health and safety - related uses. 4. Operate all available wells. 3 CITY OF BAYTOWN CUSTOMER DATA EST. EST. % % % POPULATION # OF RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL CONNECTIONS 67,589 17,762 79 20 1 7 CITY OF BAYTOWN PERCENT OF UNACCOUNTABLE WATER 1993 City of Baytown Purchased City of Baytown Metered % Unaccounted January 255,011,000 180,338,000 29.3% February 228,680,800 154,125,000 32.6% March 257,137,900 174,857,000 32.0% April 258,995,300 209,189,000 19.2% May 268,903,900 203,503,000 24.3% June 293,125,300 190,755,000 34.9% July 329,522,500 212,895,000 35.4% August 365,418,000 313,369,000 14.2% September 321,958,000 306,624,000 4.8% October 306,554,800 267,265,000 12.8% November 271,822,800 224,315,000 17.5% December 282,429,100 186,413,000 34.0% TOTAL 3,439,559,400 2,623,648,000 23.7% CITY OF BAYTOWN PERCENT OF UNACCOUNTABLE WATER 1994 * No Data - Computer Conversion City of Baytown Purchased City of Baytown Metered % Unaccounted January February 249,352,000 219,383,000 12.0% March 272,676,000 160,133,000 41.3% April 264,516,900 280,969,000 (6.2)% May 287,749,400 225,572,000 21.6% June 285,994,000 241,292,000 15.6% July 322,565,000 239,240,000 25.8% August 308,671,100 238,015,000 22.9% September 293,988,400 200,884,000 31.7% October 296,744,000 246,963,000 16.8% November 268,132,600 197,331,000 26.4% December 260,308,000 203,167,000 22.0% TOTAL 3,110,697,400 2,452,949,000 21.1% * No Data - Computer Conversion CITY OF BAYTOWN PERCENT OF UNACCOUNTABLE WATER 1995 C:\ OFFICE \WPWIN\WPDOCS \CBCONSER.PLN June 18, 1996 10 City of Baytown Purchased City of Baytown Metered % Unaccounted January 253,082,000 253,556,000 -0.2% February 238,706,000 212,157,000 11.1% March 271,584,000 193,012,000 28.9% April 268,506,000 183,133,000 21.8% May 303,419,000 200,666,000 33.9% June 320,454,200 245,996,000 23.2% July 318,394,000 222,350,000 30.2% August 307,391,000 228,918,000 25.5% September 307,391,000 235,561,000 23.4% October 304,859,000 227,741,000 25.3% November 269,083,000 216,623,000 19.5% December 283,080,000 209,771,000 25.9% TOTAL 3,445,949,200 2,629,484,000 23.7% C:\ OFFICE \WPWIN\WPDOCS \CBCONSER.PLN June 18, 1996 10