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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3046ORDINANCE NO. 3046 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 78-61(a) AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 78-63 OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE THE WATER RATIONING SCHEDULE TO REFLECT NEW WATER RATIONING PLANS AND ADOPTING A NEW DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that conservation of water and protection of water supplies is in the best interest of the citizens of the city; and, WHEREAS, water supply lakes rely on rainfall for replenishment and rainfall can vary significantly from year to year; and, WHEREAS, the occurrence of droughts cannot be predicted as to when one will begin or end and emergency situations can occur at any time as a result of incidents such as pipeline failures, power outages and pump failures; and, WHEREAS, the regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the "Commission") require that the City revise its current Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: Section 1. That Section 78-1 (a) of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 78-61. Rationing during water shortage. (a) Authority to declare water shortage. The city manager shall have the authority upon recommendation of the city engineer and director of utilities to declare that a shortage of water exists at any time and may at his discretion invoke either of the following water rationing plans. (1) All occupants of houses with odd-numbered street addresses ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6, or 8) may water on Wednesdays and Saturdays. All occupants with street addresses ending in an odd number may water on Thursdays and Sundays. All non-residential locations (apartment complexes, businesses, industries, parks, medians, etc.) may water on Tuesdays and Fridays. Such restriction shall last for a time not to exceed the duration of the shortage as determined by the city manager. Ordinance No. 3046 Page 1 of 52 (2) Prohibit all outside watering within the city for specified periods of time. (3) Any other requirement of the city wholesale water supplier." Section 2. That Division 2 of Chapter 78 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances be amended by adding a new Section 78-63 which shall read as follows: "Sec. 78-63. Drought contingency and emergency water management plan. (a) Plan adopted. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the Drought Contingency and Emergency Management Plan (the "Plan") attached hereto as Attachment A, as if recited verbatim herein. The City commits to implement the requirements and procedures set forth in the adopted Plan. (b) Procedure, rules and regulations. The City Manager or his/her designee shall have the authority to enact and promulgate rules and regulations of the Plan as necessary to protect the health and safety of the general public. (c) Penalty for violation. Any customer, as defined by Rule 288.20, Texas Administrative Code, failing to comply with the provisions of the Plan shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined in an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) and/or discontinuation of water service by the City. Each day a violation occurs shall be a separate violation punishable hereunder. The City shall also have authority to seek injunctive or other relief under the law for actual or threatened violations. (d) Variances. The City Manager or his/her designee shall have the authority to grant temporary variances for water uses otherwise prohibited under the Plan if it is determined that the failure to grant such variance would cause an emergency condition adversely affecting the health, sanitation or fire protection for the public or the person requesting the variance." Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase. Section 4. The City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this ordinance or its caption and penalty in the official City newspaper as required by law. Ordinance No. 3046 Page 2 of 52 Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordered. PASSED AND APPROVED on this 13th day of April,?~09. CITY O~F N~RTH/Rl~CHL~D'NTLLS -.~, ~~~~~" .qNo By: ¢ ~~~ n y< Oscar T rno, Mayor o~4TTE~ST: fir' Z ~ _ ~.~'. City Secretary APP A TO FO M AND LEGALITY: George A. les, ity Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: ike Cu is, P.E., Managing Director Ordinance No. 3046 Page 3 of 52 Attachment A 2009 Drought Contingency And Emergency Water Management Plan Ordinance No. 3046 Page 4 of 52 ~. z~> Ordinance No. 3046 Page 5 of 52 TABLE ~F CONTENTS Section Description____ Paae # 1.0 Introduction and ~bjectives .....................................................................1 2.0 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rules ...............................1 3.0 Water System Profile ...............................................................................1 3.1 North Richland Hills Pumping Capacity ...........................................2 4.Q Drought Contingency Plan .......................................................................2 4.1 Wholesale Customer's of Fort Worth and TRA .............................. .. 2 4.2 Public Educa#ion ............................................................................ ..3 4.3 Initiation and Termination of Drought Emergency Response Stages .......................................................................... ..3 4.4 Drought and Emergency Response Stages .................................. ..4 4.4 Stage 1 Response......,...,.>,.. .............................,.....,..................... ..4 4.4 Stage 2 Response ........................................................................... 7 4.4 Stage 3 Response ......................................................................•.. 10 4.5 Procedures for Enforcing Mandatory Water Use Measures .......... 12 4.6 Variance Provisians ....................................................................... 13 4.7 Review and Update of Drought Contingency Plan ........................ 13 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 6 of 52 APPENDlCIES Appendix Descripfion Page # A Letter to Wholesale Customer ...............................................................14 B Letters to the City of Fort Worth, Trinity River Authority, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Texas Water Development Board .............................................16 C Ordinance Adopting the Plan ................................................................21 D Emergency Water Management Plan Implementation .......................... 25 E Key City C3fficials' Contact Numbers ......................................................31 F Water Saving Methods .......................................................................... 33 G Matrix of Actions by Customer Type and Stage ..................................... 38 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 7 of 52 1.Q INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Draught or a number of other uncontrollable circumstances can disrupt normal availability of the City's water supply. Even though the City may have an adequate water supply, the supply could become contaminated or a disaster could destroy the supply. The City's Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan (EWMP) is not the same as the Water Conservation Plan. While water conservation involves implementing permanent water use efficiency or reuse practices, the EWMP will establish temporary methods or techniques designed to be used only as long as an emergency exists. The purpose of this Drought Contingency and EWMP (subsequently referred to as the Plan) is as follows: To conserve the available water supply in times of drought and emergency. • To maintain supplies for domestic water use, sanitation, and fire protection. • To protect and preserve public health, welfare, and safety. • To minimize the adverse impacts of wa#er supply shortages. • To minimize the adverse impacts of emergency water supply conditions, 2.0 TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY RULES TCEQ rule Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, Rule 288.1 (4) defines a drought contingency plan as "a strategy or combination of strategies for temporary supply and demand management responses to temporary and potentially recurring water supply shortages and other water supply emergencies." TCEQ Hales governing development of and minimum requirements for drought contingency plans for municipal water suppliers and wholesale water suppliers are contained in Texas Administrative Code Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter B, Rule 28$.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. 3.0 WATER SYSTEM PROFILE North Richland Hilts purchases water from the Trinity River Authority Nprthern Region (TRA) and the City of Fort Worth. Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) is the wholesale raw water supplier for TRA and the City of Fort Worth. The water supply sources for TRA and the City of Fort Worth are as follows: • Lake Arlington: TRA pipeline • West Fork of Trinity River: Lake Worth., Eagle Mountain Lake, and Lake Bridgeport (A pipeline connecting Eagle Mountain Lake to the East Texas supply is under construction). Ordinance No. 3046 Page 8 of 52 • East Texas: Cedar Creek Reservoir, located approximately 75 miles southeast of Fort Worth and Richland Chambers Reservoir, located approximately 75 mites southeast of Fort Worth; and • Clear Fork of the Trinity River via Lake Benbrook. A pipeline connects Lake Benbraak to the East Texas Supply. 3.1 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS' PUMPING CAPACITY North Richland Hills provided water to approximately 65,750 residents in 2008 with the population expected to excel 74,000 by 2015. In addition, North Richland Hills provides treated water to the City of Watauga with a current estimated population of 24,500 and is expected to exceed 26,000 by 2015. North Richland Hills purchases treated water from the City of Fort Worth and the TRA Northam Region and distributes water through a series of five (5) ground storage facilities and four (4) elevated storage facilities resulting in a storage capacity of 16 million gallons and an estimated pumping capacity of 41.5 million gailons/day (MGD) of available potable water. NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PUMPING CAPACITY ~~ ~ .Puma S.ta#ron Irn~ Points .. ~ ~._.__._.~t~#i~n Capabilltv~tMGQ}~ 7699 Ai ort Freewa at Handle Ederville Raad 8.0 5105 Western Center Boulevard 12.0 4145 Stanley_Keller Road 101'1 Glade Road 7.5 14A 4,0 DROUGHT GONTINGENGY/EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN 4.1 WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS OF FORT WORTM AND TRA The City of North Richland Hills is a wholesale ar retail customer of the City of Fort Worth and the Trinity River Authority (TRA) for purchasing potable water. The City is required, per the wholesale contract, to establish a Draught ContingencyfEmergency Water Pian similar to the City of Fort Worth and TRA. The City's Plan must follow the same triggering conditions, stages, and responses to drought or emergency wa#er conditions as Fort Worth and TRA plans. Under the City's Plan, we will be notified by the City of Fort Worth or TRA by telephone or facsimile, and a written letter for each stage of the Plan will follow. The notification process will include the s#eps the City must take in order to comply with their plans. The City may also need to implement an Emergency Water Management Program in lieu of Fort Worth or TRA's plans. For these emergency water situations, the City will follow the same triggers, stages, and responses as outlined in the Plan. 2 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 9 of 52 4.2 PUBLIC EDUCATION The City of North Richland Hills wilt inform and educate the public about the Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Management Pfan by the following means: • Preparing fact sheets describing the Plan and making these available online and at various City sites and at events where the Public Works Department may have a booth. • Posting a copy of the Plan on the City's web site. • Notifying local organizations, schools, and civic groups that staff is available to make presentations concerning drought contingencies and emergency water management plans. When the Drought ContingencylEmergency Water Management Plan is activated or the stage changes, the City will notify local media of the issues, the current response stage, and the specific actions required of the public. The information will also be publicized an the City's web site. Utility bill inserts will also be used as appropriate. 4.3 INITIATION AND TERMINATION OP DROUGHT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE STAGES The provisions of this Plan shall apply to all persons, customers, and property utilizing potable water provided by the City of North Richland Hills. The terms "personA and "customer° as used in the Plan include individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, and all other legal entities. The Plan does not apply to locations using treated wastewater effluent, private or public wells or possessing their own water rights in the Trinity River. The Plan may be applied to the entire city or geographic portions of the City as necessary. If the Plan is applied only to a limited sector, the boundaries will be defined in terms of roadways, creeks and other easily distinguishable features. Inifiiation of a Drought/Emergency Water Management Stage The City Manager or hisJher official designee may order the implementation of a drought response or water emergency stage when one or more of the trigger conditions for that stage is met. The following actions will occur when a stage is initiated: • The public wil! be notified through loco! media and through the City's web site. • The City of Watauga, a wholesale or retail customer of the City, will be notified by telephone, a-mail, follow-up letter, or fax that provides details of the reasons for initiation of the drought or water emergency stage. • The public will also be notified by postings at the North Richland Hills' City f-laff and at several key public facilities within the City. Temporary signs will also be placed throughout the City. The notification will include the proper stage level and responses to the stage level so residents and customers of the city will understand what actions are required on their Ordinance No. 3046 Page 10 of 52 patt. A description and details of the reasons for ini#iation of the drought or water emergency stage will be provided in the public posting. All stages imposed by the City of Fort Worth or TRA must be initiated by the City of North Richland Hills. The Tarrant Regional Water District {TRWD) supplies surface water to the City of Fort Worth and TRA. The raw water is treated and made potable #or the City of North Richland Hills' use by the City of Fort Worth and TRA. Under the wholesale contracts and agreements, the City of North Richland Hills, the City of Fort Worth and TRA must initiate any drough# response or emergency stages that have been initiated by TRWD. TRWD's stages are included in the City's Plan. Termination of a droughtlEmeraency Water Management Stas~e The City Manager or hislher official designee may order the termination of a drought response or water emergency stage when notified by the City of Fort Worth or TRA that conditions for termination are met. The City of North Richland Hills may have to implement a water emergency stage on behal# of its water distribution system. Examples may include the loss of pumping capacity, contamination, and water main breaks. The City Manager or his/her official designee may order the termination of the stage. 4.4 DROUGHT AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE STAGES Stage 1 -Water Watch Triggering Gonditions: • Water demand reaches or exceeds 90% of reliable delivery capacity far three consecutive days. The delivery capacity could be citywide or in a specified portion of the system. Distribution system becomes contaminated. • Water demand for all or part of the delivery system approaches delivery capacity because delivery capacity is inadequate. • Water supply system is unable to deliver water due to the failure or damage of major water system components. • Total raw water supply within the Tarrant Regional Water District {TRWD} western and eastern division reservoirs, drops below 75% (25% depleted) a# conservation storage. • Water demand for alt or part of the TRWD deCivery system exceeds delivery capacity because delivery capacity is inadequate. • Water demand is projected to approach the limit of TRWD's permitted supply. • TRWD's supply source becomes contaminated. 4 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 11 of 52 • TRWD's water supply system is unable to deliver water due to the failure ar damage of major water system components. • The TRWD General Manager, with the concurrence of the TRWD Board of Directors, finds that conditions warrant the declaration of Stage 1 of the Plan. Terminating Condition for Stagel Stage 1 may terminate when the City of Fort Worth or TRA terminates its Stage 1 condition ar when circumstances that caused the initiation of Stage 1 no Longer prevail. Goal for use reduction for Stage 1 The goal for water use reduction under Stage 1, Water Watch, is five percent. Ifi circumstances warrant or if required by the City of Fort Worth or TRA, the City Manager of North Richland Hills or his/her official designee can set a goal for greater water use reduction. Actions available for Stage 1, The City Manager or his/her official designee may order the implementation of any of the actions listed below, as deemed necessary. The City Manager or his/her official designee must implement any action(s) required by the City of Fort Worth or TRA. All Water Users Initiate mandatory restrictions to prohibit non-essential water use as follows: • Prohibit hosing of paved areas, such as sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, tennis courks, patios, or other impervious surfaces, except to alleviate an immediate health or safety hazard. • Prohibit hosing of buildings or other structures for purposes other than fire protection or surface prepara#ian prior to painting. • Prohibit using water in such a manner as to allow runoff or other waste, including: - Failure to repair a controllable leak, including a .broken sprinkler head, a leaking valve, leaking or broken pipes, or a leaking faucet; - operating a permanently installed irrigation system with: (a} a broken head; (b) a head that is out of adjustment and the arc of the spray head is over a street or parking lot; or (c) a head that is misting because of high water pressure; or - during irrigation, allowing water: (a) to run off a property and form a stream of water in a street for a distance of 50 feet ar greater; or (b) to pond in a street or parking lot to a depth greater than one-quarter of an inch. • Prohibit outdoor watering with sprinklers or imgation systems between 14 a.m. and 6 p.m. Ordinance No. 3046 Page 12 of 52 • Limit landscape watering with sprinklers or irrigation systems at each service address to a twice per week schedule as outlined below. This includes landscape watering of parks, and sports fields. - Residentia! addresses ending in an even number {t), 2, 4, 6, or 8) may water on Wednesdays and Saturdays. - Residential addresses ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) may water on Thursdays and Sundays. - All ran-residential locations {apartment complexes, businesses, industries, parks, street medians, etc.) may water on Tuesdays and Fridays. • All users are encouraged to reduce the frequency of draining and refiNing swimming pools. • All users are encouraged to use native and adapted drought tolerant plants in landscaping. • Washing of any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane, ar other vehicle shall be limited to the use of a hand-held bucket or a hand-held hose equipped with a positive-pressure shutoff nozzle far quick rinses. Vehicle washing may be done at any time on the premises of a commercial car wash or commercial service station. Companies with an automated on-s"ste vehicle washing facility may wash its vehicles at anytime. Further, such washing may be exempt from these requirements if the health, safety, and welfare of the public are contingent upon frequent vehicle cleanings, such as garbage trucks and vehicles used to transport food and perishables. EXC@/~flOftS: - Foundations may be watered up to two hours on any day using a handheld hose, soaker hose or drip irrigation system placed within 24-inches of the foundation #hat does not produce a spray of water above the ground. - Newly installed shrubs {first year) and trees {two years) may be watered up to two hours on any day by handheld hose, drip irrigation, soaker hose or tree bubbler. Tree watering is limited to an area not to exceed the drip line of a tree. - Outdoor watering at service addresses with large multi-station irrigation sys#ems may take place in accordance with a variance granted by the Public Works Department, if the department determines that a property can not be completely irrigated with an average of three-quarters of an inch of water in a single day, and that the property should be divided into sections to be irrigated on different days. - Establishing new turf is discouraged. If hydromulch, grass sod, or grass seed is installed far the purpose of establishing a new lawn, there are no watering restrictions far the first 30 days while it is being established. After that, the watering restrictions set forth in this stage apply. {This does not include over seeding with rye since turf already exists.) - Skinned areas of sports fields may be watered as needed for dust control. - Professional sports fields (playing fields within a stadium onty, not surrounding landscaping) may be watered as needed to maintain league standards. 6 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 13 of 52 City and Local Governments (In addition to the actions listed above): • Review conditions and problems that caused Stage 1. Take corrective action. • Increase public education efforts on ways to reduce water use. • Increase enforcement efforts. • Intensify leak detection and repair efforts. • Audit all city and local gavemment irrigation systems to ensure proper conditiwns, settings, and operations. • Identify and encourage voluntary reduction measures by high-volume water users through water use audits. • Reduce non-essentia( water use. As used herein, non-essential water uses are Chase that do not have any health or safety impact and are not needed to meet the core function of the agency. • The City of Fort Worth or TRA will notify the City of North Richland Hills of actions being taken and require them to implement the same stage and measures. Such action is in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Uniform Wholesale Water Contract. Per contract, wholesale customers are required to institute and apply the same rationing, conserva#ian measures or restrictions to the use of water by their customers for sa long as any part of their total water supply is being furnished by the City of Fort Worth. • Advise the City of Watauga of actions being taken by North Richland Hills and require enforcement of like procedures in the City of Watauga. Commercial or Industrial: • All actions listed above for all water users apply to commercial and industrial users. • Stack at commercial plant nurseries is exempt from Stage 1 watering restrictions. • Hotels, restaurants, and bars are encouraged to serve drinking water to patrons on an "on demand" basis. • Hotels are encouraged to implement laundry conservation measures by encouraging patrons to reuse their linens and towels. Sta~{e 2 -Water Warning Triggering Conditions: • Water demand reaches or exceeds 95°I° of reliable delivery capacity for three consecutive days. The delivery capacity could be citywide ar in a specified portion of the system. • Contamination of the water supply sources} or water supply system. • Demand for all ar part of the delivery system equals ar exceeds delivery capacity because delivery capacity is inadequate. 7 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 14 of 52 • Water supply system is unable to deliver water due to the failure or damage of major water system components. • Total raw water supply within TRWD, wes#ern and eastern division reservoirs, drops below 60% (40% depleted) of conservation storage. • Water demand for all or part of the TRWD delivery system exceeds delivery capacity because delivery capacity is inadequate. • Water demand is projected to approach the Gmit of TRWD's permitted supply. • TRWD's supply source becomes contaminated. • TRWD's water supply system is unable to deliver water due to the failure ar damage of major water system components. • The TRWD General Manager, with the concurrence of the TRWD Board of Directors, finds that conditions warrant the declaration of a Stage 2 of the Plan. Terminating Condition for Stage 2 Stage 2 may terminate when the City of Fort Worth or TRA terminates its Stage 2 condition or when circumstances that caused the initiation of Stage 2 na longer prevail. Goal for Use Reduction for Stage 2 The goal far water use reduction under Stage 2, Water Warning is to decrease use by 1 Q percent. If circumstances warrant or rf required by the City of Fort Worth, the City Manager of North Richland Hills or hisiher official designee can set a goal for greater water use reduction. Actions Available for Stage 2 The City Manager or his/her official designee may order the implementation of any of the actions fisted below, as deemed necessary. The City Manager or hisiher official designee must implement any action(s) required by the City of Fart Worth. Continue or initiate any actions available under Stage 1. All Water Users: • Limit landscape watering with sprinklers or irrigation systems to a once per week schedule at each service address as determined by the Public Works Department. This includes landscape watering at parks and sports fields. • All users are encouraged to wait until the current drought or emergency situation has passed be#ore establishing new landscaping and turf. I# hydromulch, grass sod, or grass seed is installed for the purpose of establishing a new lawn, there are no watering restrictions far the first 3Q days while it is being established. After that, the watering restrictions set forth in this stage apply (this does not include over seeding with rye since turf already exists}. • Prohibit use of water for dust control, except as required to protect public health. Ordinance No. 3046 Page 15 of 52 • Prohibit the operation of ornamental fountains or ponds that use potable water except where necessary, to support aquatic Fife or where such fountains or ponds are equipped with a recirculation system. • Prohibit filling of swimming pools with automatic valves. • Watering for dust control on skinned areas of sport fields is not allowed. Exceptions: - Foundations may be watered up to two hours on any day by a handheld hose, a soaker hose, or drip irrigation system placed within 24-inches of the foundation that does not produce a spray of water above the ground. - Newly installed shrubs and trees (first year) may be watered up to two hours on any day by a handheld hose, drip irrigation, or a soaker hose. Tree watering is limited to an area not to exceed the drip line of the tree. - Outdoor watering at service addresses with large multi-station irrigation systems may take place in accordance with a variance granted by the Public Works Department if the department determines that a property can not be completely irrigated with an average of three-quarters of an inch of water in a single day and #hat the property should be divided into sections to be irrigated an different days. - Professional sports fields (playing fields within a stadium only -not surrounding landscaping) may be watered as needed to maintain league standards. City and Local Governments: • Continue or initiate any acfiions available under Stage 1. • Review conditions ar problems tha# caused Stage 2. Take corrective action. • Increase frequency of media releases on water supply conditions. • Further accelerate public education efforts on ways to reduce water use. • Eliminate non-essential water use. As used herein, non-essentia! water uses are those that do not have any health or safety impact and are not needed to meet the core function of the agency. • Prohibit wet street sweeping. • The City of Fort Worth or TRA will notify the City of North Richland Hills of actions being taken and require them to implement the same stage and measures. Such action is in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Uniform Wholesale Water Contract. Per contract, wholesale customers are required to institute and apply the same rationing, conservation measures or restrictions to the use of water by their customers for so long as any park of their total wa#er supply is being furnished by the City of Fort Worth. • Advise City of Watauga of actions being taken by North Richland Hills and require enforcement of like procedures in the City of Watauga. Ordinance No. 3046 Page 16 of 52 Commercial ar Industrial: • All actions listed above for ail wafter users apply to commercial and industrial users. • Use of water from fire hydrants for any purpose other than firefrghting related activities or other activities necessary to maintain public health, safety and welfare requires approval from the Public Works Department. I~ire hydrant use may be limited to only designated hydrants. Stage 3 -Emergency Vlfater Ilse Triggering Conditions for Stage 3: • Water demand reaches or exceeds J8°/n of reliable delivery capacity for one day. The delivery capacity could be citywide or in a specified portion of the system. • Contamination of the water supply source{s} or water supply system. • Demand for all or part of the delivery system exceeds delivery capacity because delivery capacity is inadequate. • Water supply system is unable to deliver water due to the failure or damage of major water system components. • Total raw water supply within TRWD, western and eastern division reservoirs, drops below 45% {55°lo depleted) of ccsnservation storage. • Water demand for all ar part of the TRWD delivery system exceeds delivery capacity because delivery capacity is inadequate. • Water demand is projected to approach ar exceed the limit of TRWD's permitted supply. • TRWD's supply source becomes contaminated. • TRWD's water supply system is unable to deliver water due to the failure ar damage of major water system components. • The TRWD General Manager, with the concurrence of the TRWD Board of Directors, finds that conditions warrant the declaration of Stage 3 of the Plan. Terminating Conditions for Stage 3 Stage 3 may terminate when the City of Fort Worth or TRA terminates its Stage 3 conditions or when circumstances that caused the initiation of Stage 3 no longer prevail. Goals for Use Reduction for Stage 3 The goal for water use reduction under Stage 3, Emergency Water Use,. is to decrease use by 20 percent. If circumstances warrant ar if required by the City of Fort Worth or TRA, the Gity Manager of North Richland Hills or his/her official designee can set a goal for a greater water use reduction. 10 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 17 of 52 Actions Available for Stage 3: The City Manager or his/her official designee may order the implementation of any of the actions listed below, as deemed necessary. The City Manager or his/her official designee must implement any action{s) required by the City of Fart Worth or TRA. Continue or initiate any actions available under .Stages 1 and 2. All Water Users: • Prohibit landscape watering, including at parks, and sports fields. • Prohibit establishment of new landscaping. • Vehicle washing restricted to commercial car wash, commercial service station ar a private on-site vehicle washing facility and can only be done as necessary for health, sanitation, or safety reasons, including but not limited to the washing of garbage trucks and vehicles used to transport food and other perishables. All other vehicle washing is prohibited. • Prohibit the operation of ornamental fountains or ponds that use potable water except where necessary to support aquatic life. • Prohibit the draining, filling, or refilling of swimming pools, wading pools and Jacuzzi type pools. Existing private and public pools may add water to maintain pool levels; however they may not be refilled using automatic fill valves. Exceptions: - Foundations may be watered up to two hours an any day by handheld hose; ar using a soaker tease or drip irrigation system placed within 24-inches of the foundation that does not produce a spray of water above the ground. - Trees may be watered up to two hours on any day by handheld hose, drip irrigation, or a soaker hose. Tree watering is limited to an area not to exceed the drip line of the tree. - Professional sports fields (playing fields with a stadium only -- not surrounding landscaping) may be watered as needed to maintain league standards. City and Local Governments: • Continue or initiate any actions available under Stages 1 and 2. • Review conditions or problems that caused Stage 3. Take corrective action. • Implement viable alternative water supply strategies. • Increase frequency of media releases explaining emergency situation. • Reduce city and local government water use to maximum extent possible. • Prohibit the pem7itting of new swimming pools, jaeuzzi type pools, spas, omamental ponds and fountain construction. Pools already permitted and under construction may be completely filled with water. 11 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 18 of 52 Institute a mandated reduction in deliveries to all wholesale customers. Such a reduction will be distributed as required by Texas Water Code §11.039. • If the City of Fart Worth imposes a reduction in wafer available to the City of North Richland Hills, the City will then impose a reduction to the City of Watauga. • The City of Fort Worth or TRA will notify the City of North Richland Hills of actions being taken and require the City to implement the same stage and measures. Such action is in accordance with Section 2.3 0# the Uniform Wholesale Water Contract. Per confiract, wholesale customers are required to institute and apply the same rationing, conservation measures or restrictions to the use of water by their customers for so long as any part of their total water supply is being furnished by the City of Fort Worth. • Advise the City of Watauga of actions being taken by North Richland Hills and require enforcement of like procedures in the City of Watauga. Commercial or Industrial: • Ai! actions listed above far all water users apply to commercial and industrial users. • Hotels, restaurants, and bars required to serve drinking water to patrons on an Non demand" basis. • Hotels are required to implement laundry conservation measures by encouraging patrons fio reuse their linens and towels. • Stock at commercial plant nursery may be watered only with ahand-held hose, hand-held watering can or drip irrigation system. • Commercial and industrial water users required to reduce water use by a set percentage as determined by the Public Works Department. • Use of water from hydrants for any purpose other than firefighting related activities or other activities necessary to maintain public health, safety and weFfare requires approval by the Public Works Department. Fire hydrant use may be limited to only designated hydrants. 4.5 PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCING MANDATORY WATER USE MEASURES Mandatory water use restrictions may be imposed in Stages 1, 2, and 3. These mandatory water use restrictions will be enforced by warnings and penalties as follows: • On the first violation, customers will be given a written warning that they have violated the mandatory water use restriction. • On the second and subsequent violations, citations may be issued to customers with minimum and maximum fines established by ordinance. • After three violations have occurred, the City may cut off water service to the customer. Appendix B contains a copy of the City of North Richland Hills' ordinance adopting this Plan and the enforcement actions and penalties. 12 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 19 of 52 4.6 VARIANCE PROVISIDNS The City Manager or his/her official designee may, in writing, grant temporary variance #or existing water uses otherwise prohibited under the EWMP if it is determined that failure to grant such variance would cause an emergency condition adversely affecting the health, sanitation, ar tire protection for the public or the person requesting such variance and if one ar mare of the following conditions are met: • Compliance with the Plan cannot be accomplished due to #echnical or ether limitations. • Alternative methods that achieve the same level of reduction in water use can be implemented. Persons requesting an exemption from the provisions of this ordinance shall file a petition for variance with the City of North Richland Hills within five days after the EWMP for a particular drought response stage that has been invoked. All petitions for variances shall be reviewed by the City Manager or his/her official designee and shalt include the following: • Name and address of the petitioner(s). • Purpose of water use. • Speck provisions from which relief is requested. • Detailed statement of the adverse effect of the provision tram which relief is requested. • Description of the relief requested. • Period of time for which the variance is sought. • Aftemative measures that will be taken to reduce water use. • Other pertinent information. Variances granted by the City sha11 be subject to the following conditions, unless waived or modified by the City Manager or his/her official designee. Variances granted shall include a timetable for compliance. • Variances granted shall expire when the EWMP is no longer in effect. 4.7 REVIEW AN13 UPDATE OF DR©UGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN As required by TCEQ rules, the City of North Richland Hilts will review this drought contingency plan in year 2010 and at least every eve years thereafter. The Plan will be updated as appropriate, based on new ar updated information. 13 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 20 of 52 APPENDIX A LETTER TO WHOLESALE CU~T(3MER 14 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 21 of 52 ~~ March 4, X009 City of Watauga Kerry t..acy, City Manager 780(1 Virgil Anthony ~Ivd. llltatauga, TX 78148 ~'uhlic ~N~rk, ! Uilliti~s Ri: Watauga C7raught ContingencylEmergency Water Management Plan Dear Mr, Lacy: Please find accompanying this letter, the City of hlvrth Richland l~li#Is' Drought Contingency and emergency VIlater Management Plan. As you are aware, the Texas Gomrnission on Environmental Quality tTCEQ} is requiring ail municipalities attar 3,300 its populsltian to submit these documents by F~tay 1, 2009. As the City of north Richland Hills' wholesale customer, the Gity of Watauga is required to implement a plan consistent with that developed by the City tdorth Richland Hills. Please provide a copy cal the City of Watauga's plan tv the City by .flay 1, 200J, the deadline date established by TCEQ. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427p6464- if you need sny additional information regarding this matter. Sincerely, Jimmy Cates...._.~~ Public Works ©perations Manager zrrtci'o~ure JClYh/pwt20(}9-044u i?~i. ~c~x B~~SO:a * iV;,rtn F?ir~r~iand hiiiis, T~x;~s yb1$2-0669 r R?CLt Gt i-airk F4~sh~r r)r. 4 ~ (fii171427-~~d{3 ~ Fix f8i7) x#27-644 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 22 of 52 APPENDIX B LETTERS TO: THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD 16 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 23 of 52 Pubiie Y4'ocks t Uti!'sries March d, 3009 City of F'nrt Warth f=rank Crumb, P.E. 1000 Throckmortan Fart Worth, TX 7102 RE: Drought Can#irsgencytlrmergency yRTa#er Management Plan sear Mr. Crumb: Please find the enclosed The City of forth Richland Mills' Draught Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan. As you are aware, Phis plan is required by TCEQ to meet the minimum requirements pravided in Texas Administrative Cade Title 3(t, Part 1, Chapter 288, ~ui~chapter B, Rule 288.2{1 and Rule 288.22, respectively. In additirsn, as a wholesale eus#orner of the City of Fart Warth, we have reviewed the City of Fart Worth's plan and feel our plan consistently reflects the goals and needs of the City of Fart Worth's plan. Please feet free #o cantac# me a# 817-427-ti4~4 if you need any additional information regarding this matter. Respectfully, ,li~ttrny Cates Public Works C3peratior~s Manager Errclcsure J CIt!-ilpwE2(~CtS-0~S u =.v. ~3ox Et2G8f,~? ~ P~arth ~ic;h?and F3itis, Yaxas 76182•t36(}~,~, 77~?(a ~. ~7iclc =inner ~~r, i7 * ;8`i71 •~27-u~4t~ * Fax (f3~i7y 427•~~44~ Ordinance No. 3046 Page 24 of 52 F'ubiic V'larks ! l~iiliti~s fvlarch 4, 24]d9 Trinity Fiver Authority .Patricia Cleveland, Operations Manager P.O. l3ox 24Q Arlington; TX 76064-024Q RE: Drought CantingencyAEmergency Water Management Plan Dear Ms. Cleveland: Please find the enclosed City cif Narth Richland Hills' Draught Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan. As you are aware, this plan is required by TCEQ to rrteet the rr~inimum requirements provided in Texas Administrative Code Title ~6, Part 9, Chapter 288, Subchapter B, Mule 2$8.2Q and Rule 288.22, respec#ively. In addition, as a wholesale customer of the Trinity River Authority, we have reviewed the Trinity River Authority's plan and feel our plan consistently reflects the goals and needs of the Trinity River Authority's plan. Please feel free to contact me at 8~7-427-6464 if you need any additional infarmatic-n regarding this matter. Respectfully, ,limmy Cates Public Works t7perations Manager Ef1C105Lif@ JCRh/pwI~0U9-(l4fiu F'.C~, ;~iax 8R.(:~~;~ * lvnrth ~icttiac~d 'r•iil~s, Texas:; 7fi1$2.0603 i2~1C~ ~', tJiok {=i: ~s~;r !;}c'. ,3 ~ ,£31 i'~ ~~'l-S~10 * Yax iY~ 7) 4,~7•~44~ Ordinance No. 3046 Page 25 of 52 ~~ PubEit; Works ! !1#ili8es t~larch 4, 2009 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Kristin Wang, MC 160 P. C3. Box 13087 Fiustin, TX 18711-3087 RE: Drought ContingencyfErnergency Water Management Pfan Dear Ms. Wang: Please find the enclosed City IVarth Richland Hilts' Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Ivtanagement Plan. As you are aw~!re, this plan is required by TCEQ to meet the minimum requirements provided in Texas Administrative Cade Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter !3, Rute 288.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. In addition, as a wholesale customer of Moth the Gity Qf f=ort Worth and the Trinity River Authority, we have reviewed each entities plan and feel our plan consistently refEects the goals and needs of their plans. Please feel free to contact me at 81 ~'-427-646 if you need any additional irrfa#mation regarding this matter. Respec#fuffy, Jimmy Cates Public VVorlcs Operations t~lanslger Enclosure JCi#hlpwi2CD49-0~5u P.C~. i~3nx ~Zt}6(}~ * NOrih i~iGl1lard !-Illls, Texas %E:1$2-O~r48 r^~il~ A r„irk i-i~Ptav !.}r, fa '8'l7) 4Z7-fi44~i * Nax fA17) 42fi-fi44a Ordinance No. 3046 Page 26 of 52 f~ublic UI,'orks ! Utl!t'~e5 ~I`~`~' t3F I~Ti`~I~_T'~ I~.IC'.f~~t...:ti 1~J~ ;~~~I.,~'.~~i March 4, 2009 Texas Water Develapment Saard Ethan Ham P.4. Bax 13231 Austin, TX 78711 RE: Drtaught ContingencylEmergerrcy Wa#er Management Dian Dear Mr. Ham: Please find enclosed the City of North RirhCand Hills' Water Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Klan. As you are aware, this plan is required by TCEQ to meet the minimum requirements provided in Texas .Administrative Code Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter f3, Rule 288.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. Please feel free to contact me at 897-427-6464 if ycau require any additional information regarding thin matter. Respectfully, Jimmy Cates Public Works ~}perati~rns Manager Enclosure JC/Fhtpwt20(f9-US7u ~'.C. fox 82~;SQ~a ~ ~lcrth r-iiCitl~xr`iEl Hills, TQxs~~ 7b182-€tEt~9 t 2t?~ s C7iol; Fis?;er Dr. S ~ d81 ;') 427-6~`+4t~ t Fax (817} 427-644 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 27 of 52 APPENDIX C CITY ORDINANCE 21 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 28 of 52 UItUINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 78-61(a) AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 78-63 OF THE NORTH RICFILAND HILLS CODE OF OItllINANCES TO REVISE THE WATER RATIONING SCHEDULE TU REFLECT NEW WATER RATIONING .PLANS AND ADOPTING A NEW DROUGHT CON'CiNGENCY AND EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN; PROVIDING A SEVERAI3ILI'TY CLAUSE; PROVillING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; PRUVID-ING FOR PUBLICATION; ANb PItQV[DING AN EFFECTIVE UATL'+'. WHEREAS, the City Council finds that canservation of water and protection of wafer supplies is in the best interest of'the citizens of the city; and, WIEIEREAS, water supply lakes rely on rainfall far replenishment and rainfall can vary si.gnifcantly from year to year; and, WHEREAS, the occurrence of droughts cannot be predicted as to when one will begin or end and emergency situations c;an accur at any time as a result of incidents such as pipeline failures, power outages and pump failures; and, WHEREAS, the regulations old the 'T'exas Commission on Environmental Quality {the "Commission"j require that the Citti~ revise its current r)rought Contingency and Emergency Water Management flan; NU~V THERk:FQRI+;: BE IT ORDAINED BY TIIF, CI'T'Y COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLANU HILLS, TEXAS: Section l . 7:~hat Section 78-1(a) of the North Ttichland Hills Code of Ordinances be amended to read as fallaws: "Sec. 78-61. Rationing during water shortage. (a) Authority to declare xlater shurtcrgc. The city manager shall have the authority upon recommendation ofthe city engineer and director of utilities to declare that a shortage of water exists at any time and m.ay at his discretion invoke either of the following water .rationing plans. (1) All occupants of houses with odd-numbered street addresses ending i.n an even a~umber (Q, 2, 4, 6, or 8) may water nn Wednesdays and Saturdays. All occupants with street addresses ending in an odd number may water on Thursdays and Sundays. All. non-residential. locations (apartment cotnplexes, businesses, industries, parks, medians, e;tc.) may water on Tuesdays and T~ridays. Such restriction shall last far a time not to exceed the duration of the shortage as determined by the city manager. (2) Prohibit al] outside watering within the pity fur speciFed periods oi'time. (3) Any other requirement of the city wholesale wafter supplier." Ordinance No. 3046 Page 29 of 52 Section 2. That Division 2 of Chapter 78 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances be amended by adding a new Section 7$-63 which shall read as follows: "Sec. 78-b3. Drought contingency and emergency water management plan. (a) Plan adopted. Tl~e Ciry Council hereby approves and adopts the llrought Contingency and Emergency Management Plan (the "flan."} attached hereto as Addendum A, as if recited verbatim herein. The City commits to implement the requirements and procedures set forth in the adopted Plan. (b} 1'racedure, rules crud regulations. T'.hc City Manager or hi.slher designee shall have the authority to enact and promulgate rules and regulations of the Plan as necessary io protect the health. and safety of the general public. (c} Penalty fir violation. Anr• customer, as defused by Rule 28$.20, Texas Administrative Code, Failing to comply with the previsions of the Plan shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and f ned in an amount not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00} andlor discontinuation of water service by the City. Each day a violation occurs shall be a separate violation punishable hereunder. The City shall. also have authority to seek injunctive or other relief under the law for actual or threatened violations. (d) Yuriances. 1`he City .Manager or his/her designee shall have the authority to grant temporary variances for water uses otherwise prohibited under the Plan if it is determined that the failure to grant such variance would cause an emergency condition adversely affecting the health, sanitation or fire protection for the public or the person requesting the variance." Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance are severable, and if any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such uneanstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this Ordinance, since the same would. have been. enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase. Section 4. The City Secretary is hereby dixected to publish this ordinance or its caption and penalty in the official City newspaper as required by law. Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordered. PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 2~ird DA.Y UP March, 2009. Ordinance No. 3046 Page 30 of 52 USCAR TREVINO, MAYUR A`i"I'ES'I': i'A"i'RIC'iA HU"I'SUN, CITY SECRETARY API'ItOVED AS "i'U I~ URM: GEORGE STAPLES, AT"I'OKNI~Y APPROVED AS TU CQN'I'FN'T: MIKE C~'UR'T'IS, PCIBLIC. WORKS DIRECTOR Ordinance No. 3046 Page 31 of 52 APPENDIX D EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION 25 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 32 of 52 APPENDIX D Emergency Water Management Plan Implementation 1. Authari It is the intent of this Plan to outline when and how to implement a water rationing plan. A. C}rdinance No. XKXX establishes the authority for the City Manager or his/her official designee to execute the elements of the Emergency Water Management Plan, which includes "Water Rationing." B. The City Manager as the Water Rationing Coordinator will implement the water rationing measures necessary to protect the health and safety of the citizens and achieve the elements of the Emergency Water Management Plan. II. INITIATION 01= RATIONING Any of the following entities can force implementation of a water rationing plan on the North Richland Hills customers: A. Tarrant Re Tonal Water District (TRWDZ The Tarrant Regional Water District is the wholesale raw water supplier for the City of Fort Worth (FW) and the Trinity River Authority {TRAM. The raw water pump stations and pipelines may develop problems which could Iimit raw water supply to FW yr TRA. if the TRWD imposes a rationing plan on its wholesale cus#omers, it is the intent of the City to impose an equal or more restrictive plan. B. Gity of Fart Worth By wholesale contract, the City of North Richland Hills is required to follow whatever rationing plan the City of Fort Worth imposes on itself. C, Trinity River Authority: By wholesale contract with the City of Fort Worth, TRA and its wholesale customer's are required to at a minimum follow whatever rationing plan the City of Fort Worth imposes on itself. Also, TRA's delivery system could have problems, which would limit their ability to deliver treated water. If TRA requests a rationing plan be implemented by all its wholesale customers, it is the intent of the City to impose the requested rationing plan or one more restrictive. D. City of North Richland Hills: if the water distribution system for the City develops problems which limit the ability for it to safely provide adequate treated water to its customers, the City Manager may initiate an appropriate. water rationing plan. In the absence of the 26 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 33 of 52 City Manager, the designated acting City Manager will also be the acting Water Rationing Coordinator. The fallowing list shows the normal succession of the Water Rationing Coordinator's position in case of absences. 1. City Manager or Acting City Manager 2. Managing Director of Development Services 3. Public Works Operations Manager 4. Public Works Utility Superintendent III. DETERMINATION OF RATIONING METHOD TO BE IMPLEMENTED A. initial Water Rationing (NVR) Team Meeting. Once a water rationing notification from TRWO, Fort Worth, ar TRA is received by the Mayor or any member of the City staff, a copy of the notification will be given directly to the City Manager or the acting Water Rationing Coordinator. The Water Rationing Coordinator (WRC) will as soon as possible call a Water Rationing (WR) Team Meeting. 1. Meeting Place -Administrative Conference Room on second floor of City Hail unless designated othen~vise in meeting notification. 2. WR Team Members to be notified: - City Manager - Managing Director of Development Services - Neighborhood Service Director - Public Works Operations Manager - Public Works Utility Superintendent - Utility Service Manager - Public Information Officer - Assistant to City Manager lV. NOTIFICATION OF INITIATION OF RATIONING A. Ci Staff Notifying Gity employees is the Public Works Department's responsibility. In the absence of a responsible Public Works representative, the Public information Officer will provide notification to the employees. 1. Computer Network System: AI{ City employees, along with the Mayor and Council, connected to the City's computer network will be notified via electronic mail (e-mail) of the water rationing plan to be implemented. The notification should explain 27 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 34 of 52 clearly what has caused the rationing, what is the plan to be implemented, when wilt it start, how long will it be in effect {i.e., until further notice}, what is the employee's responsibility, and where to call with a complaint or question. 2. Facsimile (Fax) Machine: All City employees located in buildings. without access to the computer network e-mail system will be notified by fax transmission. The message content can be identical to the a-mai! message. B. Customers 1. News Release: The Public Information Officer with assistance from the Public Works Department wifi draft the news release. The release will contain the same basic information as the employee's message except there should be some explanation of what the City will be doing with respect to water use by municipal facilities (i.e. parks, golf course, and NRH2O) and fining violators. The news release will be distributed to local newspapers, radio and TV stations by the Public Information Officer. 2 Citicable TV Release: Public Works will notify the Public Information Officer of the water rationing plan to be implemented. The Public Information Officer and the Citicable TV Coordinator will script an "Alert Message" to put on the N screen via ticker tape method during regular programming and as a full screen message in absence of programming. 3. Outdoor Signs: Outdoor signs will be utilized to notify the City's customers and will be in accordance with the following requirements. • Size: 18" x 24" rectangle • MateriaL• corrugated plastic with black metal posts • Color. yellow with black le#tering • Content: depends on rationing methods • Placement: - The Operations Manager will have the Utility Superintendent distribute and place the signs as well as remove them. - Maps showing proposed bcations far signs will determine placement. 28 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 35 of 52 4. Birdville independent School District (BiSD) and Tarrant County College {TCC) Marquees: The Public Information Officer will coordinate with 6iSD and TCC as to any broadcast of the water rationing plan on their marquees. This coordination will be subsequent to the news release. 5. Voice Message Machine: The Utility Service Manager will be responsible far recording a message an the Utility Service Department telephone line 817-427-620Q for activation after working hours. The message will state the water ra#ioning plan the City is currently under and will ask the caller to leave a message if they want a call back after 8:00 a.m. the next business day. If they have a violation to report, they will be told to call Paiice Dispatch at 817-427- 7191. Alt messages left will be handled by the Utility Service Manager's staff. f>. L.eaflets: • Use of leaflets will be detemlined at initial WR Team Meeting. Public Wanks will coordinate with the Finance Department to have an appropriate amount of leaflets printed under an emergency purchase for mandatory rationing plans only. The leaflets will be utilized by employees to hand out #o customers who come into municipal offices or who are found to be violating the rationing plan at their homes due to having no knowledge of its existence. The leaflets will be disbursed to other City departments by Public Works staff. The leaflet color will be different for each rationing plan. • Mandatory Na Outdoor Watering Plan -White background with red lettering. • Mandatory Six Day Cycle Outdoor Watering Plan -- Yellow background with black lettering. C. City Of Watauga North Richland Hills' Public Works Department will tae responsible for formally contacting the City of Watauga. This will be done by electronic mail or fax. The email or a fax wil! be directed to the City Manager, Public Works Director, and Police Dispatch. It wilt captain all the same information as the North Richland Hills City employee's notification. The receipt of the email or fax by Watauga's Police Dispatch will be confirmed by phone call. North Richland Hills will confirm with Watauga's City Manager their intent to implement the same water rationing plan as North Richland Hills, Their name will then be added to our notifications and they will be asked to make and distribute the same type of signs in their City at their expense. 29 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 36 of 52 V. NOTIFICATION OF END OF RATIONING The notification to all employees, customers, and the City of Watauga concerning the end of the water ratianing plan will be in the same manner as notification of the Plan being put into effect. The exception to this wilt be the water rationing signs wilt be removed to indicate the end of the rationing plan. 30 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 37 of 52 APPENDIX E KEY CITY C)FF1C[Al.S CONTACT NUMBERS 31 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 38 of 52 APPENDIX E Key Gity Offieia#s' Contact Numbers CITY OF NORTH RICNLAND HILLS PIAMEfTITLE ~ I GQNI'ACT NUMBER Larry Cunningham, City Manager 817-427-6007 Mike Curtis, Managing Director of Development Services ~ 817-427-fi401 '~, Jimmy Cates, Public Works Operations Manager ~ 817.42764 Alan Knapp, Public Works Utili#y Superintendent ~ $17-427-6452 Mary Peters, Pubic Information Officer ~ 817-427-6005 ;lTY OP WATAl1GA N7~MFJTI?LE' _ CONTACT NUMBER " Kerry Lacy, City Manager ~ 817-514-5800 Johnnie Reagan, Director of Public Works + 817-514-5837 James Medders, Public Works Utility Superintendent ~ 817-514-5$51 32 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 39 of 52 APPENDIX F WATER SAVING METHODS 33 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 40 of 52 APPENDIX F Water Saving Methods that can be practiced by the individual water user In-home water use accounts far an average of 65 percent of total residential use, while the remaining 35 percent is used for exterior residential purposes such as lawn watering and car washing. Average residential in-home water use data indicates that about 40 percent is used for toilet flushing, 35 percent for bathing, 11 percent for kitchen uses, and 14 percent for clothes washing. Water saving methods that can be practiced by the individual water user are listed betow. A. Bathroom • Take a shower instead of filling the tub and taking a bath. Showers usually use less water than tub baths. • Install stow-flow shawer head which restricts the quantity of flaw at 6(1 psi to no more than 3,0 gallons per minute. • Take short showers and install a cutoff valve or turn the water off while soaping and back on again only to rinse. • Do not use hot water when cold will do. Water and energy can be saved by washing hands with soap and water. Hot water should only be added when hands are especially dirty, • Reduce the level of the water being used in a bathtub by one ar two inches if a shower is not available. Turn water off when brushing teeth until it is time to rinse. • Da not let the water run when washing hands. fns#ead, hands should be wet, and water should be turned off white soaping and scrubbing and tumed on again to rinse. A cut off valve may also be installed an the faucet. • Shampoo hair in the shower. Shampooing in the shower takes only a little more than is used to shampoo hair during a bath and much less than shampooing and bathing separately. • Hald hot water in the basin when shaving instead of letting the faucet continue to run. • Test toilets for leaks. To test for a leak, a few drops of food coloring can be added to the water in the toilet tank. The toilet should not be flushed. The customer can then watch to see if the coloring appears in the toilet bowl within a few minutes. If coloring does appear, the fixture needs adjustment or repair. • Use a toilet tank displacement device. Aone-gallon plastic milk bottle can be filled with stones or with water, recapped, and placed in the toilet tank. This wi[I reduce the amount of water in the tank but still provide enough for flushing. Bricks, which some people use for this purpose are no# recommended since they crumble eventually and could damage the working mechanism, necessitating a 34 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 41 of 52 • call to the plumber. Displacement devices should never be used with new low- volume flush toilets. Install faucet sera#ors to reduce water consumption. • Never use the toilet to dispose of cleansing tissues, cigarette butts, or other trash. This can waste a great deal of water and also places an unnecessary load on the sewage treatment plant or septic tank. • Install a new low-volume flush toilet that uses 3.5 gallons or less per flush when building a new home or remodeling a bathroom. B. Kitchen • Use a pan of water for rinsing when washing dishes by hand rather than running the faucet. • Never run the dishwasher without a full load. • Use the sink disposal sparingly, and never use it for just a few scraps. • Keep a container of drinking water in the refrigerator. Running water from the tap until it is cool is wasteful. Better still; both water and energy can be saved by keeping cold water in a picnic jug an a kitchen counter to avoid opening the refrigerator door frequently. • Use a small pen of cold water when cleaning vegetables ra#her than letting the faucet run. • Use only a little water in the pot and put a lid on it for cooking most food. Nat only does this method save water, bu# food is more nutritious since vitamins and minerals are not poured down the drain with the extra cooking water. • Always keep water conservation in mind and think of other ways to save in the kitchen. C. LaUndry Wash only a full load when using an automatic washing machine (32 to 59 gallons are required per load). • Use the lowest water level setting on the washing machine for light loads whenever possible. • Use cold water as often as possible to save energy and to conserve the hot water for uses which cold water cannot serve (This is also better for clothing made of today's synthetic fabrics). D. Ap_pliancesNVater Fixtures • Check water requirements of various modets and brands when considering purchasing any new appliance that uses water. Some use less water than others. 35 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 42 of 52 • Check all water line connections and faucets for leaks. If the cost of water is $1.00 per 1,000 gallons, one could be paying a large bill for water that simply goes down the drain because of leakage. A slaw drip can waste as much as 70 gallons of water EACH DAY or 2,100 gallons per month, and can add as much as $5.00 per month to the water bill. • Learn to replace faucet washers so that drips can be corrected promptly. it is easy to do, cast is very Httle, and can represent a substantial amount saved in plumbing and water bills. • Check for water leakage that the customer may be entirely unaware af, such as a leak between the water meter and the house. To check, all indoor and outdoor faucets should be tamed off and the water meter should be checked. If it continues to run or turn, a leak probably exists and needs to be located. • Be sure the hot water heater thermostat is not set too high. Extremely hot settings waste water and energy because the water often has to be coaled with cold water before it can be used. • Use a moisture meter to determine when house plants need water. More plants die from over watering than from being on the dry side. E. Outdoor Use • Water lawns early in the morning during the hotter summer months. Much of the water used on the lawn can simply evaporate between. the sprinkler and the grass. • Use a sprinkler that produces large drops of water rather than a fine mist to avoid evaporation. • Tum soaker hoses so the holes are on the bottom to avoid evaporation. • Water slowly for better absorption and never water in high winds. • Forget about watering the streets or walks or driveways. They will never grow. • Condition the sail with compost before planting grass for fNower beds so that the water will soak in rather than run off. • Fertili2e lawns at least twice a year for root stimulation. Grass with a good root system makes better use of less water. • Learn #o know when grass needs watering. if it has turned a dull grey-green or it foot prints remain visible, it is time to water. • do not water too frequently. Tao much water can overload the soil so that air cannot get to the roots and can encourage plant diseases. • Do not over-water. Soli can absorb only so much moisture and the rest simply runs off. A timer will help, and either a kitchen timer or an alarm clock wip do. An inch of water applied once a week will keep most Texas grasses alive and healthy. 36 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 43 of 52 • Operate automatic sprinkler systems only when the demand on the City's water supply is lowest. Set the system to operate between four and six a.m. • Do not scalp lawns when mowing during hat weather. Ta11er grass holds moisture better. Rather, grass should be cut fairly often, sn that only '~ to $/, inches is trimmed off. A better looking lawn will result. • Use a watering can or hand water with the hose in small areas of the lawn that need more frequent watering {those near walks or driveways or in especially hot, sunny spots). • Learn what types of grass, shrubbery, and plants do best in the area and in which parts of the lawn, and then plant accordingly. if one has a heavily shaded yard, no amount of water will make roses bloom. In especially dry sections of the state, attractive arrangements of plants that are adapted to avid or semi-arid climates should be chosen. • Consider decorating areas of the fawn with rocks, gravel, wood chips or other materials now available that require no water at all. • Do not "sweep" walks and driveways with a hose. Use a broom or rake instead. • Use a bucket of soapy water and use the hose only for finning when washing a car. 3? Ordinance No. 3046 Page 44 of 52 APPENDIX G MATRIX OF ACTIONS BY CUSTOMER TYPE AND STAGE 3$ Ordinance No. 3046 Page 45 of 52 APPENDIX G Matrix of Actions by Customer Type and Stage All Matrix of Actions apply to the use of .potable water for the City of North Richland Hills, These actions also apply to the potable water supplied to wholesale customers by the City of North Richland Hills. Restrictions do not apply to locations which own their water rights or are using treated wastewater effluent or well water for irrigation. Use Reduction Goat: .... 5°!6 ..._..~. 10°1e ____ ._ ~_.._._ 20% - - -,----.-- _.__ i Water Waier use or Action Stage 1 -Water Watch Stage 2 -Water Warning Stage 3 -Water Emergency User Cate o _ .....- .. Hosing I Prohibited: hosing of paved areas, such • Bartle as Stage 1. • Same as Stage 1. Washing as sidewalks, driveways, parking tots, tennis courts, patios, or other impervious surfaces, except to alleviate an immediate health or safety hazard. Prohibted: hosing of buildings ar other structures far purposes other than fire protection or surface preparation prior to aintin _ Runoff! • . i it ~: using water in such a manner t h I Same as Stage 1. • Same as Stage 1. ~ ~ Waste/ Leaks er was e, as to allow runoff or ot including: i ll ble teak t i ; ~ j I m ~ , ro r a con a 7) failure to repa including a broken sprinkler head, a 1 ~ leaking valve, leaking or broken pipes, or a leaking faucet; ~ 2} operating a permanently installed Irrigation system with: (a} broken head; (b) ahead that is out of adjustment and the 3 arc of the spray head is aver a street or parking lot; or (c) a head that is rnisting because of high water pressure; or 3} during irrigation, allowing water to (a) to run off a property and form a stream of water in a street for a distance of 50 feet or greater; or (b) to pond in a street or parking lot to a depth greater than one- uarter of an inch. _. ~$ Ordinance No. 3046 Page 46 of 52 t~..a..:.,..,F A..4:r.ne F... f'i~Qtmm~r Tvr~n anti !StAt'SA. Use Reduction Goat: 5% ..7F 1b% «...... ......._. 20% Water Water Use or Action Stage 1 -Water Watch Stage 2 -Water Warning Stage 3 -Water Emergency User C_atego _._ ______ ___... Outdoor ~e~ to twice per week: landscape . Prohib' d: outdoor watering with • Prohi tad: art ouMoor watering. ~ Watering wafering with sprinklers or irrigation sprinklers or irrigation systems ~ Dust control not allowed on skinned systems at each service address is between 10 am and 6 pm. areas of sports Gelds. limited to twice per week schedule. This ~ RestrtC~ed to once~Y~Y&Sl days: includes landscape watering of parks, I outdoor watering with sprink{ers or and sports fields. irrigation systems at each service • Residential addresses ending in an address is limited to a once per week ..~., even number (0, 2, 4, Cs, or 8) may schedule as determined by Public ~ water on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Works. F 3 ~ Residential addresses ending in an • Dust contml pat allowed on skinned odd number {i, 3, 5, 7 or 9) may water areas of spans fields. i p on Thursday and Sundays. i ~ V .All non-residential locations ~ (apartment complexes, businesses,. d industries, parks, medians, etc.} may ~ water on Tuesda sand Fridays. 1' Exceptions y Foundations: foundations ma be Foundations selected landscanina l Same as Stage 1. + ~ to Outdoor ( watered up to two hours on any day by plants large multi-station irrigation Watering handheld hose; or using soaker hose or and turf establishment Hales: Same Restrictions drip system placed within 24 inches of the as Stage 1. Q foundation That does riot produce a spray of water above the ground. ~ professional sports fields (playing fields with a stadium only -not Sekected Landscaping Plants: newly surrounding Landscaping) may be installed shrubs (first year] and trees {two watered as needed to maintain years) may be watered up to two hours .league standards. on any day by handheld hose, drip irrigation, a soaker hose or tree bubbler. Tree watering is limited to an area not to exceed the dri line of a tree. ._ 4Q Ordinance No. 3046 Page 47 of 52 ItA~triv of Ar4inna by Cuctnmpr Tvr~e and Stage Use Reduction Goal: 5% 90% 1 20% Wafer Water Ilse or Actian Stage 1 -Water Watch Stage 2 -Water blaming Stage 3 -Water Emergency User _Catego Exceptions ~Egy~7. +~t: Establishing new turf is ~ Same as Stage 1. to Outdoor discouraged. If hydromulch, grass sod, or Watering grass seed is installed fpr the purpose of Restrictions establishing a new lawn, there are now (Continued} watering restrictions for the first 3fl days ,.., white it is being established. After that. ~ the watering restrictions set forth in this ~ stage apply. {This does oat include over ~ seeding with rye since turf already exists,} IR,~rae Multi-Station Irrigation: outdoor ~ ,~ ~ watering may lake place in accordance ~ with a variance granted by the Public f ~ Wanks Department. If the Public Works p N Department determines that a property i ~ cannot tie completely watered with an j ~ average of three-quar#ers of an inch of ' i ~ water in a single day, then -the property should be divided into sections to be _ Q watered on different days. ~ • Skinned areas of sports fields may lie I watered as needed for dust control. ~ . Professional sports fields (playing fields i with a stadium only-not surraunding landscaping) may be watered as needed to maintain league standards. _.___.............._ 41 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 48 of 52 tUth+riv of Artinnc by C:~~atnrrt~r Tvlrlts artd Sfacfe tlse Rsductlon Goal: 5 /0 10% _ _,.~ .._. 20% i Water Water Use or Action ~ Stage 1 -Water Watch ~ Stage 2 -Water Warning Stage 3 -Water Emergency user Category j _ _......... ._ i ~ Landscaping ~.. __._..__. All users are encouraged to use native _. AlI users are encouraged to wait until + r i : instaNing and j and drought #alerant plants in landscaping the current drought or emergency establishing r~ew landscape plants situation has passed before installing and turf. and establishing new landscape plarris and turf. ~ ._. _...._-- Vehicle Washing of any motor vehicle, motorbike. Same as Stage t . Vahide washing restricted to Washing boat, trailer, recreational vehicle, airplane, commercial car wash, commercial ~ or other vehicle shall be limited to the use ` service station or a private an-site of a hand-held bucket or a hand-head vehicle washing facility and can only hose equipped with apositive-pressure be lone as necessary far health, .-, shutoff nozzle far quids rinses. sanitation, or safety reasons, `r3 ~ i . Vehicle washing may be done at any time ~ ~ including but net limited to the washing of garbage trucks and ~ ~ on the premises of a commerdal car ~ vehicles used- to transport food and wash or commercial service station. i other perishables. All ether vehicle O Cam Hies with an automated an-site ~ washing Is prohibited. v, vehicle washing facility may wash its ~y vehicles at anytime. ~ Washing may be exempt from these ~ requirements it the health, safety, and ,,,,, welfare of the public are contingent upon ,& frequent vehicle cleansing, such as ~ garbage trucks and vehicles used #o trans rt food and erishables. ~ 5wimming All users are encouraged to reduce the r hi ' :Swimming pools may not • P hibi :the draining, fiNing, or Pools frequency of draining and refilling ba filled with automatic fall valves. refilling of swimming pools, wading swimming pools. pools and Jacuzzi type pools. Existing priva#e and public pools may add water to maintain pool levels. Swimming pools may not be refilled w!#h automatic fill valves. Qust Control No restriction • Pro ibit use of water for dust • Same as Stage 2. control, except as required to protect public health. 42 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 49 of 52 RH.~~riv ~f An}inner (hv (_~~c#nmsa~ TVna~ anti Starit;E t7se Reduction Goal: 5% 10% 20% Water Water Use or Action Stage 1 -Water Watch Stage 2 -Water Warning Sage 3 -Water Emergency User Cate or .........~ _ Ornamental No restriction ~~ • Pr i i ~: the operatyon of Prohi ' the operation of Fountains/ ornamental foun#ains or ponds that ornamental fountains ar ponds that Ponds use potable water, excep# where use potable water except where i necessary to support aquatic life or necessary to support aquatic life. where such fountains or ponds are ~ equipped with a recirculation ~ ~ systenl:_........__.. _..__~_._.___ All actions Ilsted far AA Users apply to City and Local Governments. ~ _..... € Administrative Review conditions and problems that . Review conditions and problems tha# • Review conditions and problems caused Stage 7 and lake corrective caused Stage 2 and take corrective that caused Stage 3 and take action. action. corrective action. ~.+ Notify wholesale customers of actions . Notify wholesale customers of • Implement viable alternative water j ~ ` being taken and request them to actions being taken and request supply strategies. ~ ~ implement similar procedures. them to implement similar ~ Reduce city and bcal government ~ ~ procedures. water use to maximum extent ~ ~ possible. ~ ! ~ • Notify wholesale customers of „~, s actions being taken and request ~ them to Implement similar p ; procedures. J I ,~ Institute a mandated reduction in C deliveries to aq wholesale customers. Such a reduction will be ~' d#stributed as required by 1"exas ~} s Water Code §11.039, • If 7RWD has imposed a reduction in ~ water available to customers, im ose the same percent reduction p ~ on wholesale customers. 43 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 50 of 52 iU~+.+iv .,f An+in.'1e by C~ItC+AMAY TVl1R~ AI'1f)I l,~ti[1A_ ~ Use Reduction t3oa1: 5°Io _ 10°Io ,______ 20%.., Water Use or Water Action Stage 1 -Water Watch Stage 2 -Water Warning Stage 3 -Water Emergency User Cate ory Public Increase publc education efforts on ways . Increase frequency of media Increase frequency of media Education to reduce water use. releases on water supplyeanditions. reisases exptalning emergency Further accelerate public education situation. efforts on ways to reduce water use. • Further accelerate public educe#ion ... -p { _...___ efforts on wa s to reduce water use. ~ 3 ; Enforcement ___._. _._..._.......r__ _._........... increase enforcement efforts. ! _._.. _...~ • _ Same as Ste a 1. _._ ._._ • _.,_ Same as Stage 1. ..__..._ C .._ *'` ~ Runoff / Intensify leak detection and repair efforts. • Same as Stage 1. • Same as Stage 1. U i Wastel Leaks Audit alt City and local government ~ ~. irrigation systems to ensure proper ~ conditions, seftings, and operations. ~ Nigh Volume • ldentlfy and encourage voluntary . Same as Stage 1. ' • Same as Stage 1. ~ Users reduction measures by high-volume I ~ y water users through water use audits. i _.._.. .._......._ G (~ ._.~._ Wet Street --........_ • No restrictien . Prohibited: wet street sweeping. Same as Stage 2. Swee in ~ _ p ! Non-essential Reduce non-essentia! water use, • Eliminate non-essential water use. • Same as Stage 2. .J s water use 'O (those uses ~ ~ that do not ~ ~ have any health or V safety impact, and are not needed to meet the core function of the a en I ._.....-~--- ._._ .__..._....__~__ AIE actions listed for AEI users apply to Cammercial and Industriat users. Commercial ~ . Stock at a commercial ptant nursery is Same as Stage 1. Stock at a commercal plant nursery Plant Nursery exempt from Stage 1 watering ~ may be watered only with ahand- 4 Stock restrictions. i ~ held hose, hand-held watering can, or drip irrigation system. 44 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 51 of 52 Msiriv of Ariinnc by t'_~ICtnmr.~r TVt]~ ant>7 5taaA Use Reduction GaaL• __ ~% .i -_.. 1 Q°/a __ 20% y._._ ._. _._.. Water Water Use or Action Stage 1 -Water Watch Stage 2 -Water blaming Stage 3 -Water Emergency User Cate a .__....~ ._..._... Hotels, • Hotels, restaurants, and bars are Same as Stage t. • Same as Stage 1. Restaurants, encouraged to serve drinking water to ~ and Bars patrons on an "on demand" basis. ~ Hotels are encouraged to implement ~ laundry conservation measures by ea encouraging patrons fo reuse linens and ~ ~~ tOWeis. _---- __ -- ._..._._ ~ Commercial Commercial and industrial users • ~ and industria! ~ may be required to reduce water ~ Users use by a set percentage. , ~ Contract Use of water from hydrants for any . Same as Stage 2. '~ (Hydrant) purpose other than firefighting ~ Meters related activities or other adsvities ~ necessary 'to maintain public health, ~ safety and welfare r®quires approval Q from the Public Works Department. ~ ~ t~ i fiire hydrant use may be limited to ~ j only designated hydrants (excluding ( firefi htin _, 45 Ordinance No. 3046 Page 52 of 52 IN Preview Star - Telegram Customer ID: CIT13 400 W. 7TH STREET Invoice Number: 304170831 FORT WORTH, TX 76102 (817) 390 -7761 Invoice Date: 4/21/2009 Federal Tax ID 26- 2674582 Terms: Net due in 21 days Due Date: 4/30/2009 Bill To: CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS /SE PO Number: PO BOX 820609 Order Number: 30417083 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76182- Sales Rep: 073 Description: CITY OF NORTH RI Attn STACEY HARRISON Publication Dates: 4/20/2009 - 4/21/2009 Description Location Col Depth Linage MU Rate Amount 'J ' """ ° L Legal Notices CITY OF N ORDINANCE NO. 30 1 69 69 LINF: $0.36 $49.68 3046 for violations; pro - An ordinance amend viding for publica- ing Sections 78- tion; and providing Sales Diseoi 61(a) and adding9 a an effective date. new Section 78 -63 of (c) Penalty for viola- ($5.00) the North Richland tion. Any customer, Hills Code of Ordi- as defined by Rule Misc Fee nances to revise the 288.20, Texas Ad- Water Rationing ministrative Code, $5,00 Schedule to reflect failing to comply new Water Ration- with the provisions in Plans and of the Plan shall be adopting a new deemed guilty of a Drought Contingency misdemeanor and and Emergency Wa- fined in an amount ter Management not exceeding two Plan; providing a thousand dollars Net Amount $49.68 severability clause; ($2,000.00) and /or providing a penalty discontinuation of water service by the City. Each day a violation occurs shall be a separate viola- tion punishable hereunder. The City shall also have au- thority to seek in- junctive or other relief under the law for actual or threatened viola -' tions. Passed and Approved) on this 13th day Of April, 2009. THE STATE OF TEXAS /s/ Trevino Oscar Trevino - Mayor County of Tarrant ATTEST: /s /Patricia Hutson Patricia Hutson - City Secretar Before me, a Notary Public in and APPROVED ry AS TO late this day Personally appeared Deborah Baylor Norwood, Bid and Legal Coordinator for the Star - Telegram, published by tl ITV; at Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas; and who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the attached clipping of an ad /s/G Geor pies)- city ,h in the above named paper on the listed dates: BIDS & LEGAL DEPT. STAR TELEGRAM (817) 390 -7501 Attorney 1E JAC *`��lk,, Signed �i� SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME, THIS Monday, April 27, 2009. p� Notary Public A-K. ii ....• 1p e��� tN 0 � \\ � Thank You For Your Payment --------------------------------------------- Remit To: Star - Telegram Customer ID: CIT13 P.O. BOX 901051 Customer Name: CITY OF NORTH RICHLAN FORT WORTH, TX 76101 -2051 Invoice Number: 304170831 Invoice Amount: $49.68 PO Number: Amount Enclosed: