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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 3309 ORDINANCE NO. 3309 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78-61 OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO REVISE THE WATER RATIONING SCHEDULE TO REFLECT NEW WATER RATIONING PLANS; ADOPTING A 2014 WATER CONSERVATION PLAN AND A 2014 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 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has mandated the adoption of new Water Conservation and Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plans; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: Section 1. That Sections 78-61, 78-62 and 78-63 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 78-61. Lawn and Landscape Irrigation Restrictions. (a) Lawns and landscaping may be watered on any day, at any time, by handheld hose, drip irrigation, a soaker hose or tree bubbler. (The intent of this measure is to allow for the protection of structural foundations, trees, and other high value landscape materials). Except for hand watering, drip irrigation and the use of soaker hoses, a person may only irrigate, water, or cause or permit the irrigation or watering of any lawn or landscape, inclusive of structural foundations, trees, and other high value landscape materials, located on premises owned, leased, or managed by that person (i) on a day designated as an outdoor water use day for the property's address as shown below; and (ii) between the hours of 12 midnight to 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m. on such day. Ordinance No.3309 Page 1 of 121 (1) Residential addresses ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8) may water on Wednesdays and Saturdays. (2) Residential addresses ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) may water on Thursdays and Sundays. (3) All non-residential locations (apartment complexes, businesses, industries, parks, street and/or roadway medians, etc.) may water on Tuesdays and Fridays. (b) Except for hand watering, drip irrigation and the use of soaker hoses, a person commits an offense if that person irrigates, waters, or causes or permits the irrigation or watering of any lawn or landscape located on premises owned, leased, or managed by that person between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. (c) Except for hand watering, drip irrigation and the use of soaker hoses, a person commits an offense if that person irrigates, waters, or causes or permits the irrigation or watering of any lawn or landscape located on premises owned, leased, or managed by that person on a day that is not designated as an outdoor water use for that property address as shown in subsection (a) above. (d) A person commits an offense if a person knowingly or recklessly irrigates, waters, or causes or permits the irrigation or watering of a lawn or landscape located on premises owned, leased or managed by the person in a manner that causes: (1) a substantial amount of water to fall upon impervious areas instead of a lawn or landscape, such that a constant stream of water overflows from the lawn or landscape onto a street or other drainage area; or (2) an irrigation system or other lawn or landscape watering device to operate during any form of precipitation. (e) A person commits an offense if, on premises owned, leased, or managed by that person, a person operates a lawn or landscape irrigation system or device that: (1) has any broken or missing sprinkler head; or (2) has not been properly maintained in a manner that prevents the waste of water. (f) Affirmative Defenses (1) It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution of an offense in section 78-161 that at the time such person irrigates, waters, or causes or Ordinance No.3309 Page 2 of 121 permits the irrigation or watering of any lawn or landscape, such activity was for the purpose of: (A) dust control of a sports field; or (B) the maintenance, repair, or testing of an irrigation system. (2) The activity described in subsection f (1) (A) and (B) may only occur within a period of two (2) days no more than once every thirty (30) days. Any such activity requiring a longer period or greater frequency shall require a variance as provided by subsection (g). (g) Variances (1) The public works operations manager or his designee may grant variances to the twice per week watering and irrigation restrictions and schedule, if one or more of the following conditions are met: (A) Failure to grant such a variance would cause an emergency condition adversely affecting health, sanitation, or fire safety for the public or the Person requesting the variance; (B) Compliance with the watering and irrigation restrictions and/or schedule cannot be accomplished due to technical or other limitations; or (C) Alternative methods that achieve the same level of reduction in water use can be implemented. (2) The public works operations manager or his designee may grant variances to allow for establishment of hydromuich, grass sod, or grass seed for new lawns. (3) Variances shall be granted or denied at the discretion of the public works operations manager or his designee. All petitions for variances shall be in writing and shall include the following: (A) Name and address of the petitioner(s); (B) Purpose of the water use; (C) Specific provisions from which relief is requested; (D) Detailed statement of the adverse effect of the provision from which relief is requested; Ordinance No.3309 Page 3 of 121 (E) Description of the relief requested; (F) Period of time for which the variance is sought; (G) Alternative measures that will be taken to reduce water use; and (H) Other pertinent information requested. (h) A person who irrigates, waters, or causes or permits the irrigation or watering by use of an alternative water source such as a well, reclaimed or reused water is exempt from prosecution if that person has: (1) Registered such alternative water source with the City; (2) Provided sufficient proof to the public works director that the alternative water source is from a well, reclaimed or reused water and has allowed inspection by the water department director if deemed necessary; and (3) Complied with the City's Backflow and Cross-connection Control Program and Division 2 of Chapter 78 of the Code of Ordinances. Sec. 78-62. Water conservation plan adopted. The City of North Richland Hills, Texas hereby adopts the 2014 water conservation plan attached hereto. The city commits to implement the requirements and procedures set forth in the adopted plan. 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 water management plan (the "plan") attached hereto, 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 violations. Any customer, as defined by Rule 288.2, Title 30, Chapter 288 Subchapter B, Texas Administrative Code, failing to comply with the provisions of the plan shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor involving health and safety and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000.00 and/or discontinuance of water service by the city. Each day a customer fails to comply with the plan is a separate violation. The city may also seek injunctive or other civil relief for actual or threatened violations. Ordinance No.3309 Page 4 of 121 (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 2. 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 3. The City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this ordinance or its caption and penalty in the official City newspaper as required by law. Section 4. 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 23rd day of June, 2014. oomm un 9-1H '<r --- o, CITY • ��RTH RIC LAN' ILLS ter• n :ti _ , ►" By: _ 0\ h ray` •scar T�!l'o Mayo ATTEST: a•1'f.,•. .:d'4�fi V"H -"--w Alicia Richardson, City Secretary APP-p 0 - AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: 4141 George A. Staple , City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: Mike Curtis, . ;Managing Director Ordinance No. 3309 Page 5 of 121 2014 Water Conservation Plan , .. .,..... . , . ,,... -,...,...,,•:,;.,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,...;:.,,-,......-",:.,-..,, ..,.. -- ...:,,,,,,,..:.::„.„..,:,.. . , ..,,„„:„.,..,... -„,„„ifr.,.....,...„..„..„-, ,, „,. .....,.„..,,,,.....,,,,„.„.• .,,,..„-„,..„,„ ,.,. . _ - ,:-._•.',,,,,....,-:, ''--..- - --,,.',.;,---1,1;,t.-7_!- ' - . .,.>:..., ...„,,..., .........,. , .. ..--. ,-..- . , . ''.:.''''.".-I.'• ::"..---",.„ '...;', . , ', ..■:..' ., ;.,‘ , ' ‘,,,,,, - . , ..: '' i' i I ,. .... .•, , .. . . 4111`, ■ ... , ,,,,:, . ., 1.. - . „ ‘ - 3/4 . '''. .•.,..,';.e '''-'. ' '' --:" - - • ' ' ''',4.1.,* •/Ile -:.'-'.' ' r. -'-‘.'!,:, ';','z-,,::_•^72.,: - i.:;,3',.''''- ". i*--,_ .:,'1,':-,:',-,%-;',.;."4:,''. .....ia ," ., .. ; EtAtb,11111.11 ,. --) :..:— Ordinance No.3309 Page 6 of 121 . " Texas Commission on Environmental Quality PON Water Conservation Implementation Report TCEQ This report must be completed by entities that are required to submit a water conservation plan to the TCEQ in accordance with Title 30 Texas Administrative Code, Chapter 288. Please complete this report and submit it to the TCEQ. If you need assistance in completing this form, please contact the Resource Protection Team in the Water Supply Division at (512) 239-4691. Name: City of North Richland Hills Address: 7200 A Dick Fisher Dr. South, North Richland Hills,TX 76180 Telephone Number: 817-427-6440 Fax: 817-427-6444 Form Completed By: Jimmy Cates Title: Operations Manager Signature: 14; Date: May 19,2014 I. WATER USES Indicate the type(s) of water uses (example: municipal, industrial, or agricultural). Municipal Use Industrial Use Use II. WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES IMPLEMENTED Provide the water conservation measures and the dates the measures were implemented. Description of Water Conservation Measure: Updated City's water conservation plan to include new targets/goals for water conservation. Date Implemented: June 2014 TCEQ-20159(11-5-04) Page 1 of 4 Ordinance No.3309 Page 7 of 121 Description of Water Conservation Measure: Prohibited outdoor watering of landscape and lawns with irrigation or sprinkler systems during the hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on a daily basis. Date Implemented: September 2008 Description of Water Conservation Measure: Implemented leak/detection/repair program. The program consists of methods and techniques to identify and repair hidden or unseen water leaks in the distribution system. Date Implemented: September 2008 Description of Water Conservation Measure: Implemented an educational program for school students called WaterWise. This program is designed to teach and educate elementary grade school students about the importance of water conservation. Date Implemented: September 2007 Description of Water Conservation Measure: City staff attends Tarrant Regional Water District Committee meetings and symposiums concerning water conservation methods. Date Implemented: September 2007 TCEQ-20159(115-04) Page 2 of 4 Ordinance No.3309 Page 8of121 Description of Water Conservation Measure: Adopted irrigation ordinances requiring rain and freeze sensors. Date Implemented: July 2007 Description of Water Conservation Measure: The city's website is updated quarterly to include information about water conservation and techniques. Date Implemented: October 2006 Description of Water Conservation Measure: City staff continues to provide educational presentations or educational material to customers concerning water conservation. Date Implemented: October 2006 Description of Water Conservation Measure: Meter replacement program. The City continues to replace water meters that are older than 10 years of age on annual basis. About 2,000 meters are replaced annually under this program. Date Implemented: August 2006 TCEQ-20159(11.5.04) Page 3 of 4 Ordinance No.3309 Page 9 of 121 Description of Water Conservation Measure: City replaces approximately 9,000-10,000 feet of deteriorated water main lines in the City. These are typically water main lines that have reoccurring water main breaks. Date Implemented: February 2005 Ill. TARGETS A. Provide the specific and quantified five and ten-year targets as listed in water conservation plan for previous planning period. 5-Year Specific/Quantified Target: 176 CPCD Total Water Use Date to achieve target: 2014 10-Year Specific/Quantified Target 166 CPCD Total Water Use Date to achieve target: 2019 B. State if these targets in the water conservation plan are being met. Yes. Data: 2013 Year = 175 GPCD Total Water Use C. List the actual amount of water saved. Between 2010-2013 the GPCD has dropped by 11%. D. If the targets are not being met, provide an explanation as to why, including any progress on the targets. If you have any questions on how to fill out this form or about the Water Conservation program, please contact us at 512/239-4691. Individuals are entitled to request and review their personal information that the agency gathers on its forms. They may also have any errors in their information corrected. To review such information, contact us at 512-239-3282. TCEQ-20159(11.5 04) Page 4 of 4 Ordinance No.3309 Page 10 of 121 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Description Page 1.0 Introduction and Objectives 1 2.0 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rules 1 3.0 Water Utility Profile 3 4.0 Specification of Water Conservation Goals 3 5.0 Metering, Water Use Records, Control of Unaccounted Water, and Leak Detection and Repair 4 5.1 Accurate Metering of Targeted Water Deliveries 4 5.2 Metering of Customer and Public Uses and Meter Testing, Repair and Replacement 4 5.3 Record Management System 5 5.4 Determination and Control of Unaccounted Water 5 5.5 Leak Detection and Repair 5 5.6 Monitoring of Effectiveness and Efficiency-Annual Water Conservation Report 6 6.0 Continuing Public Education and Information Campaign 6 7.0 Water Rate Structure 7 8.0 Other Water Conservation Measures 7 8.1 Reservoir System Operation Plan 7 8.2 Reuse and Recycling of Wastewater 8 8.3 Ordinances, Plumbing Codes, or Rules on Water Conserving Fixtures 8 8.4 Water Waste Prohibition 8 8.5 Requirement for Water Conservation Plans by Wholesale Customers 9 8.6 Coordination with Regional Water Planning Organizations 9 8.7 Requests for Variance 9 9.0 Implementation and Enforcement of the Water Conservation Plan 10 Ordinance No.3309 Page 11 of 121 APPENDICIES Appendix Description Pane A Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rules on Municipal Water Conservation Plans 11 - Texas Administrative Code Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, Rule§ 288.1 —Definitions. 12 - Texas Administrative Code Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, Rule § 288.2-Water Conservation Plans for Municipal Uses by Public Water Suppliers 16 - Texas Administrative Code Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, Rule § 288.5-Water Conservation Plans for Wholesale Water Suppliers... . 20 B Form for City of North Richland Hills' Water Utility Profile and Municipal Water Conservation Report 23 C Form for City of Watauga's Water Utility Profile 33 D Letters to Wholesale Customer, City of Fort Worth, City of Watauga, Trinity River Authority, Texas Water Development Board, and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 42 E City of North Richland Hills' Ordinance Adopting Water Conservation Plan 48 F City of North Richland Hills' Landscape Water Management Ordinance 51 ii Ordinance No.3309 Page 12 of 121 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES This document outlines the City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan. The objective of the conservation plan is to reduce the quantity required for each water using activity, insofar as is practical, through implementation of efficient water use practices. Having a dependable water supply has always been a key issue in the development of Texas. The growing population and economic expansion occurring in North Central Texas are placing increased demands on our water supplies. In order to meet the challenge of providing for our current and future needs, we must learn to use the water we already have more efficiently. By stretching our existing supplies we can delay the need for new supplies, minimize the environmental impacts associated with developing new water resources, and postpone the high cost of building the infrastructure (dams, treatment facilities, and pipelines) necessary to capture, treat, and transport the additional water into our homes and businesses. Recognizing the need for efficient use of existing water supplies, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has developed guidelines and requirements governing the development of water conservation plans for public water suppliers. TCEQ guidelines and requirements are included in Appendix A. The City of North Richland Hills has developed this water conservation plan in response to TCEQ guidelines and requirements. The objectives of this water conservation plan are as follows: • To reduce water consumption from the levels that would prevail without conservation efforts. • To reduce the loss and waste of water. • To improve efficiency in the use of water. • Encourage efficient outdoor water use. • To extend the life of current water supplies by reducing the rate of growth in demand. • To educate the citizens of North Richland Hills about the need for water conservation and the benefits of conserving our most valued natural resource. 2.0 TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY RULES The TCEQ rules governing development of water conservation plans for public water suppliers are contained in Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, Rule §288.2 of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC), which is included in Appendix A. For the purpose of these rules, a water conservation plan is defined as "a strategy or combination of strategies for reducing the volume of water withdrawn from a water supply source, for reducing the loss or waste of water, for maintaining or improving the efficiency in the use of water, for increasing the recycling and reuse of water, and for preventing the pollution of water." The elements in the TCEQ water conservation rules covered in this water conservation plan are listed below. Ordinance No.3309 1 Page 13 of 121 Minimum Water Conservation Plan Requirements, The minimum requirements in the TAC for Water Conservation Plans for Public Water Suppliers are covered in this report as follows: TAC Plan Page Section 288.2(a)(1)(A) Water Utility Profile 3 3.0 288.2(a)(1)(A) City of North Richland Hills Utility Profile 23 Appendix B 288.2(a)(1)(A) City of Watauga Utility Profile 33 Appendix C 288.2(a)(1)(C) Specification of Water Conservation Goals 3 4.0 288.2(a)(1)(D) Accurate Metering 4 5.1 288.2(a)(1)(D) Metering of Customer and Public Uses and Meter 4 5.2 Testing 288.2(a)(1)(E) Universal Metering 4 5.2 288.2(a)(1)(F) Determination and Control of Unaccounted Water 5 5.4 288.2(a)(1)(G) Continuing Public Education and Information Program 6 6.0 288.2(a)(1)(H) Water Rate Structure 7 7.0 288.2(a)(1)(I) Reservoir System Operation Plan 7 8.1 288.2(a)(1)(J) Implementation and Enforcement of the Water 10 9.0 Conservation Plan 288.2(a)(1)(K) Coordination with Regional Water Planning 9 8.6 Organizations 288.2(a)(1)(K) Coordination with Regional Water Planning 42 Appendix D Organizations Conservation Additional Reauirements (Population over 5.000) The TAG includes additional requirements for water conservation plans for cities with a population over 5,000: TAC Plan Page Section 288.2(a)(2)(A) Metering of Customer and Public Uses and Meter 4 5.2 Testing 288.2(a)(2)(A) Determination/Control of Unaccounted Water 5 5.4 288.2(a)(2)(A) Leak Detection and Repair 5 5.5 288.2(a)(2)(B) Record Management System 5 5.3 288.2(a)(2)(C) Requirement for Water Conservation Plans by 9 8.5 Wholesale Customers Ordinance No.3309 2 Page 14 of 121 Additional Conservation Strategies TCEQ rules also list additional optional, but not required conservation strategies, which may be adopted by suppliers. The following optional strategies are included in this plan: TAC Plan Page Section 288.2(a)(3)(B) Ordinances, Plumbing Codes or Rules 8 8.3 on Water Conserving Fixtures 288.2(a)(3)(D) Reuse and Recycling of Wastewater 8 8.2 288.2(a)(3)(F) Water Waste Prohibition 8 8.4 288.2(a)(3)(G) Monitoring of Effectiveness and Efficiency 6 5.6 Annual Water Conservation Report 3.0 WATER UTILITY PROFILE Included in Appendix B to this water conservation plan is a modified North Richland Hills Water Utility Profile based on the format recommended by the TCEQ. Some additional sections were added in order to gather the information necessary to assess the effectiveness of the water conservation plan. The City of Watauga is the City of North Richland Hills' only wholesale customer and is contractually obligated to develop and implement a conservation plan that meets applicable TCEQ Water Conservation Plan Requirements. Appendix C includes the City of Watauga's Water Utility Profile. 4.0 SPECIFICATION OF WATER CONSERVATION GOALS Current TCEQ regulations require the adoption of specific water conservation goals for a water conservation plan. As part of the plan adoption, the City of North Richland Hills will develop 5-year and 10-year goals for per capita municipal use, following TCEQ procedures described in the water utility profile, Appendix B for the City of North Richland Hills. The goals for this water conservation plan include the following: • Current five (5) year average per capita use for the City of North Richland Hills is 192 gallons per capita per day. The projected reduction for the City is 1/2% per year due to elements in this plan. An anticipated 1/2% reduction per year will keep the per capita municipal water use below 172.5 gallons per capita per day in 2019 (5-year goal) and 170 gallons per capita per day in 2024 (10-year goal). • Keep the level of unaccounted water in the system below 6% annually in 2014 and subsequent years, as discussed on page 5, Section 5.4. • Maintain meter replacement and repair programs, as discussed on page 4, Section 5.2. • Decrease waste in lawn irrigation by continuing enforcement of the landscape water management ordinance, as discussed on page 8, Section 8.4. 3 Ordinance No.3309 Page 15 of 121 • Raise public awareness of water conservation and encourage responsible public behavior with a public education and information program, as discussed on page 6, Section 6.0. 5.0 METERING, WATER USE RECORDS, CONTROL OF UNACCOUNTED WATER, AND LEAK DETECTION AND REPAIR One of the key elements in water conservation is careful tracking of water use and control of losses through illegal diversions and leaks. Careful metering of water deliveries and water use, detection and repair of leaks in the distribution system and regular monitoring of unaccounted water are important in controlling losses. 5.1 Accurate Metering of Treated Water Deliveries North Richland Hills supplies all of the water used by its customers. Water deliveries are metered by the City of North Richland Hills using a meter accuracy of ±5%. These meters are calibrated by the City's wholesale suppliers on an annual basis to maintain their level of accuracy. North Richland Hills has four (4) main points of entry for treated water intake into the City. Three (3) entry points are from the City of Fort Worth and one (1) entry point from Trinity River Authority (TRA). Each point of entry contains a master meter that is the property of the wholesale provider (Fort Worth/TRA). By the wholesale contract, these entry point meters, are tested and calibrated to ensure accuracy at least once per year. The City of North Richland Hills is the water supplier for the City of Watauga. The City of North Richland Hills has installed several meters at the main entry points into the City of Watauga. The main entry point meters are tested, calibrated, and maintained by the City of North Richland Hills on a regular basis. 5.2 Metering of Customer and Public Uses and Meter Testing, Repair, and Replacement All connections to the water system are metered connections. All meters are maintained within an acceptable operating accuracy range as defined by the manufacturer or American Water Works Association (AWWA) Standards for Meter Accuracy, whichever is more stringent. Non-functioning meters and meters that indicate reduced or high usage will be flagged during the electronic billing process. These meters will be checked, field tested, and replaced when found to be out of the manufacturer specifications or not meeting AWWA Standards. The City of North Richland Hills has a Meter Replacement Program that is currently funded annually. The goal of the program is to replace approximately 2,000 customer water meters that are older than ten (10) years of age on an annual basis. Ordinance No.3309 4 Page 16 of 121 The City also replaces water meters on an as needed basis. These meters are usually suspected of inaccurate readings, such as reading high or too low, erratic, or not reading any flow at all. This aggressive water meter replacement program helps to ensure the meters are accurate and helps to reduce the unaccounted for water in the City. 5.3 Record Management System As required by TAC Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, Rule 288.2(a)(2)(B), the City of North Richland Hills record management system allows for the separation of water sales and uses into residential, commercial, public/institutional, and industrial categories. This information will be included in an annual water conservation report, as described on page 6, Section 5.6. The City of North Richland Hills will continue to maintain a record management system that separates the monthly usage in the following customer categories; residential, commercial, public/institutional, wholesale, industrial usage and others. 5.4 Determination and Control of Unaccounted Water Unaccounted water is the difference between water purchased from the City of Fort Worth and TRA and metered deliveries to North Richland Hills' customers. Authorized but unmetered uses would include fire-fighting, flushing of water lines, and uses associated with new construction. Unaccounted water can include several categories: • Inaccuracies in customer meters. Customer meters tend to run more slowly or become erratic as they age and under-report actual use. • Losses due to water main breaks and leaks in the water distribution system. • Losses due to illegal connections and theft. Measures to control unaccounted water are part of the routine operations of the City. Maintenance crews and personnel are directed to look for and report evidence of leaks in the water distribution system. A leak detection and repair program is described in Section 5.5 below. Meter readers are directed to watch for and report signs of illegal connections so they can be addressed quickly. As shown in the Water Utility Profile, unaccounted water has varied from 0.6% to 6% in the last five years. With the elements described in this plan, the City of North Richland Hills intends to maintain the unaccounted water below 6% in 2014 and subsequent years. 5.5 Leak Detection and Repair The City of North Richland Hills monitors the water distribution system and customer service connections for water leaks. This is done by City personnel who are in the field. Any water leaks found are reported immediately and repaired as quickly as possible. 5 Ordinance No.3309 Page 17 of 121 The City also conducts regular inspections throughout the City for leaks on large water transmission lines. Areas along drainage streams and limited access areas are regularly investigated for potential water leaks. The Public Works Department is responsible for repairing water line leaks. Typically all water leaks are repaired within 24 hours after they have been reported. Large main line water leaks require quick response and the department provides this quick response 24 hours a day. The Public Works Department also has an annual program for replacing water lines that are old, deteriorated, and have had numerous water leaks. The department replaces approximately 10,000 linear feet of water lines in the City under this program. An asset management program is used to track all water line breaks. This asset management program helps the department to determine which water lines are in need of replacement. 5.6 Monitoring of Effectiveness and Efficiency Annual Water Conservation Report Appendix B is a modified water utility profile form that will be used in the development of an annual water conservation report for the City of North Richland Hills. This form will be completed by May 1st of 2014 and will be used to monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of the water conservation plan. This will help the City to plan conservation- related activities for the following years. The water utility profile form records the water use by category, per capita municipal use, and unaccounted water for the current year and compares them to historical values. The modified water utility profile and annual water conservation report will be sent to the City of Fort Worth and TRA who will work with Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) to monitor regional water conservation trends. 6.0 CONTINUING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND INFORMATION CAMPAIGN The City of North Richland Hills will continue to promote conservation through public education by: • Participating in various conservation programs with TRWD. • Making conservation information available at the public library and on the City of North Richland Hills' website. Links on the City's website will be provided to the Texas Smartscape website and to information on water conservation from TRWD, Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and TCEQ websites. • Include a water conservation message in the City's "News and Notes" publication on an annual basis. This publication is sent to North Richland Hills customers' and includes information about City activities, events, and advertisements. • Insert water conservation information with water bills. Inserts will include material developed by North Richland Hills' staff and material obtained from TRWD, TWDB, TCEQ, and other sources. 6 Ordinance No.3309 Page 18 of 121 • Encourage local media coverage of water conservation issues and the importance of water conservation. • Make information on Texas Smartscape principles, water conservation brochures, and other water conservation materials available to the public at City Hall and other public places. • In 2008 the City of North Richland Hills began a partnership with TRWD promoting an educational program called "Learning to Be Water Wise". The program is designed for educating elementary school students and their parents on water conservation. Activities include instructional manuals and activity books, supplying and installing low flow faucet fixtures, and surveys and input on water conservation techniques. The City along with TRWD funds the program annually. Presently, 5th grade students in the City's local elementary schools are targeted for this program. The City will continue this program providing funds are available on an annual basis 7.0 WATER RATE STRUCTURE The City of North Richland Hills' rate structure is provided in Table 7.0 below: Table 7.0 Rate Structure Meter Size (inches) 3/4" 1" 2" 4" 6" Minimum Volume (CCF) 267 446 1,423 2,849 8,899 Minimum Bill $9.75 $16.28 $51.97 $104.03 $324.97 Water Rates Minimum Charge + $2.95 per 100 cubic feet over Water Pass Through* $1.10 x total consumption North Richland Hills will continue consideration of various rate plans to insure cost effectiveness and compliance with state regulations. * The water pass through rate is the fee charged to North Richland Hills' customers for wastewater disposal. The amount is based on the rate charge that the City's wholesale provider (Fort Worth) sets for wastewater treatment and operation and maintenance cost. 8.0 OTHER WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES 8.1 Reservoir System Operation Plan North Richland Hills purchases treated water from the City of Fort Worth and TRA Northern Region which purchases untreated surface water from TRWD. North Richland Hills does not purchase untreated surface water supplies and therefore does not have a reservoir system operation plan. 7 Ordinance No.3309 Page 19 of 121 8.2 Reuse and Recycling of Wastewater The City of North Richland Hills does not own and operate its own wastewater treatment plant. The City's wastewater is treated by TRA and the City of Fort Worth. 8.3 Ordinances, Plumbing Codes, or Rules on Water Conserving Fixtures The State of Texas has required water-conserving fixtures in new construction and renovations since 1992. The state standards call for flows of no more than 2.5 gallons per minute (gpm) for faucets, 3.0 gpm for showerheads, and 1.6 gallons per flush for toilets. Similar standards are now required nationally under federal law. These state and federal standards assure that all new construction and renovations will use water- conserving fixtures. The City of North Richland Hills follows these standards. 8.4 Water Waste Prohibition Landscape irrigation and outdoor watering are responsible for a large portion of the water wasted in the State of Texas. The City of North Richland Hills has adopted the following water conservation measures in an effort to reduce the amount of wasted water: • Prohibition of outdoor watering with irrigation systems from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. every day of the year. Watering with hand-held hoses, drip irrigation and soaker hoses is allowed. • Requirement that all irrigation systems installed on or after October 25, 1999, with the exception of those associated with agricultural and/or single family residential uses, must be equipped with rain and freeze sensors. • Requirement that all agricultural and/or single family residential irrigation system installed within the City on or after August 1, 2006 must be equipped with rain and freeze sensors. • Prohibition of irrigation systems that result in a substantial amount of water to fall upon impervious surfaces, such that a constant stream of water overflows from the lawn or landscape onto a street or other drainage area. • Prohibition of poorly maintained irrigation systems that waste water. • Prohibition of outdoor watering during any form of precipitation. • Requirement for customers to repair a water service line or irrigation line leaking on private property within a designated time period as directed by the North Richland Hills Public Works Department. • The City of Fort Worth and other regional water providers (North Texas Municipal Water District, Tarrant Regional Water District, Upper Trinity Regional Water District, the Trinity River Authority and the City of Dallas) have collaborated and agreed upon implementing a year round no more than twice per week watering schedule. The City will have a mandatory twice per week water schedule similar to Stage 1 of its drought plan. The schedule is included as Table 8.1. The two instances when this schedule has been implemented during Stage 1 drought (in 2011 and currently in 8 Ordinance No.3309 Page 20 of 121 2013-2014) it has shown to have savings of overall water usage of 7 percent and 8 percent respectively. Table 8.1: Twice Per Week Watering Schedule Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday No outdoor Non Residential Residential Non Residential Residential watering residential addresses addresses residential addresses addresses ending in ending in ending in ending in (0,2,4,6,8) (1,3,5,7,9) (0,2,4,6,8) (1,3,5,7,9) Failure to comply with any portion of this section will constitute a violation and may be subject to enforcement of a fine up to Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) per violation. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. 8.5 Requirement for Water Conservation Plans by Wholesale Customers The City of North Richland Hills is a wholesale water supplier for the City of Watauga. The City of Watauga must develop and implement a water conservation plan as described in this section. Every contract for the wholesale sale of water that is entered into, renewed, or extended after the adoption of this water conservation plan will include a requirement that the wholesale customer and any wholesale customers of that wholesale customer develop and implement a water conservation plan meeting the requirements of Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, Rule 288.2 of the TAC. The requirement will also extend to each successive wholesale customer in the resale of the water. 8.6 Coordination with Regional Water Planning Organizations Appendix D includes letters sent to the City of Fort Worth, TRA, the TRWD, TCEQ and the City of Watauga. A copy of the water conservation plan was included with each letter. 8.7 Request for Variance The Public Works Operations Manager or his/her designee may grant a temporary variance for water use prohibited by this plan if it is determined that an emergency condition resulting in an adverse effect to health, sanitation, or fire protection of a customer, person, or entity would result if a variance is not granted. A temporary variance may also be granted if it is determined that a customer, person, or entity is caused undue hardship or financial burden if a variance is not granted. 9 Ordinance No.3309 Page 21 of 121 Outdoor watering at a service address with large multi-station irrigation systems may take place in accordance with a variance granted by the Public Works Operations Manager or his/her designee if it is determined that the property cannot be adequately irrigated in a single day. A temporary variance may also be granted to playing fields which require watering to maintain league standards. Skinned areas of sports fields may be watered as needed for dust control without applying for a temporary variance. In order to receive a written variance from the Public Works Operations Manager or his/her designee the customer, person, or entity must provide a written request including: • Name and address of the person requesting the variance. • Location of the proposed water use. • Detailed statement of potential damage and reason for the variance. • The volume of water needed and specific purpose of water use. • Period of time the variance is needed. • Detailed statement of water conservation measures that are being used. • Any diagram or other explanation that demonstrates the need for a variance. 9.0 IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN Appendix E includes a copy of the ordinance passed by the City Council which formally approves and adopts this water conservation plan. The ordinance includes penalties for non-compliance and designates responsible officials to implement and enforce the water conservation plan. Appendix F includes a copy of the City's adopted Landscape Water Management Ordinance and Amendment to Outside Watering Ordinance. Ordinance No.3309 10 Page 22 of 121 APPENDIX A TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY RULES ON MUNICIPAL WATER CONSERVATION PLANS 11 Ordinance No.3309 Page 23 of 121 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rules on Water Conservation Plans for Municipal Uses by Public Water Suppliers TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (TAC) Title 30 Environmental Quality Part 1 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chapter 288 Water Conservation Plans, Drought Contingency Plans, Guidelines and Requirements Subchapter A Water Conservation Plans Rule §288.1 Definitions The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Agricultural or Agriculture - Any of the following activities: (A) cultivating the soil to produce crops for human food, animal feed, or planting seed or for the production of fibers; (B) the practice of floriculture, viticulture, silviculture, and horticulture, including the cultivation of plants in containers or non-soil media by a nursery grower; (C) raising, feeding, or keeping animals for breeding purposes or for the production of food or fiber, leather, pelts, or other tangible products having a commercial value; (D) raising or keeping equine animals; (E) wildlife management; and (F) planting cover crops, including cover crops cultivated for transplantation, or leaving land idle for the purpose of participating in any governmental program or normal crop or livestock rotation procedure. (2) Agricultural Use - Any use or activity involving agriculture, including irrigation. (3) Best Management Practices - Voluntary efficiency measures that save a quantifiable amount of water, either directly or indirectly, and that can be implemented within a specific time frame. (4) Conservation — Those practices, techniques, and technologies that reduce the consumption of water, improve the efficiency in the use of water, or increase the recycling and reuse of water so that a water supply is made available for future or alternative uses. (5) Commercial Use — The use of water by a place of business, such as a hotel, restaurant, or office building. This does not include multi-family residences or agricultural, industrial, or institutional users. 12 Ordinance No.3309 Page 24 of 121 (6) Drought Contingency Plan - 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. A drought contingency plan may be a separate document identified as such or may be contained within another water management document(s). (7) Industrial Use - The use of water in processes designed to convert materials of a lower order of value into forms having greater usability and commercial value, and the development of power by means other than hydroelectric, but does not include agricultural use. (8) Institutional Use —The use of water by an establishment dedicated to public service, such as a school, university, church, hospital, nursing home, prison or government facility. All facilities dedicated to public service are considered institutional regardless of ownership. (9) Irrigation — The agricultural use of water for the irrigation of crops, trees, and pastureland, including, but not limited to, golf courses and parks which do not receive water from a public water supplier. (10) Irrigation Water Use Efficiency - The percentage of that amount of irrigation water which is beneficially used by agriculture crops or other vegetation relative to the amount of water diverted from the source(s) of supply. Beneficial uses of water for irrigation purposes include, but are not limited to, evapotranspiration needs for vegetative maintenance and growth, salinity management, and leaching requirements associated with irrigation. (11) Mining Use - The use of water for mining processes including hydraulic use, drilling, washing sand and gravel, and oil field re-pressuring. (12) Municipal Use - The use of potable water provided by a public water supplier as well as the use of sewage effluent for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, institutional, and wholesale uses. (13) Nursery Grower - A person engaged in the practice of floriculture, viticulture, silviculture, and horticulture, including the cultivation of plants in containers or non-soil media, who grows more than 50% of the products that the person either sells or leases, regardless of variety sold, leased, or grown. For the purpose of this definition, grow means the actual cultivation or propagation of the product beyond the mere holding or maintaining of the item prior to sale or lease, and typically includes activities associated with the production or multiplying of stock such as the development of new plants from cuttings, grafts, plugs or seedlings. (14) Pollution- The alteration of the physical, thermal, chemical, or biological quality of, or the contamination of, any water in the state that renders the water harmful, detrimental, or injurious to humans, animal life, vegetation, or property, or to the public health, safety, or welfare, or impairs the usefulness or the public enjoyment of the water for any lawful or reasonable purpose. 13 Ordinance No.3309 Page 25 of 121 (15) Public Water Supplier - An individual or entity that supplies water to the public for human consumption. (16) Residential Use — The use of water that is billed to single and multi-family residences, which applies to indoor and outdoor uses. (17) Residential Gallons per Capita per Day — The total gallons sold for residential use by a public water supplier divided by the residential population served and then divided by the number of days in the year. (18) Regional Water Planning Group - A group established by the Texas Water Development Board to prepare a regional water plan under Texas Water Code, §16.053. (19) Retail Public Water Supplier - An individual or entity that for compensation supplies water to the public for human consumption. The term does not include an individual or entity that supplies water to itself or its employees or tenants when that water is not resold to or used by others. (20) Reuse - The authorized use for one or more beneficial purposes of use of water that remains unconsumed after the water is used for the original purpose of use and before that water is either disposed of or discharged or otherwise allowed to flow into a watercourse, lake, or other body of state-owned water. (21) Total Use - The volume of raw or potable water provided by a public water supplier to billed customer sectors or nonrevenue uses and the volume lost during conveyance, treatment, or transmission of that water. (22) Total Gallons per Capita per Day (GPCD) — The total amount of water diverted and/or pumped for potable use divided by the total permanent population divided by the days of the year. Diversion volumes of reuse as defined in this chapter shall be credited against total diversion volumes for the purposes of calculating GPCD for targets and goals. (23) Water Conservation Plan — A strategy or combination of strategies for reducing the volume of water withdrawn from a water supply source, for reducing the loss or waste of water, for maintaining or improving the efficiency in the use of water, for increasing the recycling and reuse of water, and for preventing the pollution of water. A water conservation plan may be a separate document identified as such or may be contained within another water management document(s). (24) Wholesale Public Water Supplier - An individual or entity that for compensation supplies water to another for resale to the public for human consumption. The term does not include an individual or entity that supplies water to itself or its employees or tenants as an incident of that employee service or tenancy when that water is not resold to or used by others, or an individual or entity that conveys water to another individual or entity, but does not own the right to the water which is conveyed, whether or not for a delivery fee. 14 Ordinance No.3309 Page 26 of 121 (25) Wholesale Use — Water sold from one entity or public water supplier to other retail water purveyors for resale to individual customers. Source Note: The provisions of this §288.1 adopted to be effective May 3, 1993, 18 TexReg 2558; amended to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 949; amended to be effective April 27, 2000, 25 TexReg 3544; amended to be effective August 15, 2002, 27 TexReg 7146; amended to be effective October 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 9384; amended to effective January 10, 2008, 33 TexReg 193; amended to be effective December 6, 2012, 37 TexReg 9515 15 Ordinance No.3309 Page 27 of 121 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE Title 30 Environmental Quality Part 1 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chapter 288 Water Conservation Plans, Drought Contingency Plans, Guidelines And Requirements SubChapter A Water Conservation Plans Rule §288.2 Water Conservation Plans for Municipal Uses by Public Water Suppliers (a) A water conservation plan for municipal water use by public water suppliers must provide information in response to the following. If the plan does not provide information for each requirement, the public water supplier shall include in the plan an explanation of why the requirement is not applicable. (1) Minimum requirements. All water conservation plans for municipal uses by public water suppliers must include the following elements: (A) a utility profile in accordance with the Texas Water Use Methodology, including, but not limited to, information regarding population and customer data, water use data (including total gallons per capita per day (GPCD) and residential GPCD), water supply system data, and wastewater system data; (B) a record management system which allows for the classification of water sales and uses into the most detailed level of water use data currently available to it, including, if possible, the sectors listed in clauses (i) — (vi) of this subparagraph. Any new billing system purchased by a public water supplier must be capable of reporting detailed water use data as described in clauses (i) — (vi) of this subparagraph: (i) Residential; (1) Single family; (2) Multi-family; (ii) Commercial; (iii) Institutional; (iv) Industrial; (v) Agricultural; and (vi) Wholesale. (C) specific, quantified five-year and ten-year targets for water savings to include goals for water loss programs and goals for municipal use in total GPCD and residential GPCD. The goals established by a public water supplier under this subparagraph are not enforceable; (D) metering device(s), within an accuracy of plus or minus 5.0% in order to measure and account for the amount of water diverted from the source of supply. 16 Ordinance No.3309 Page 28 of 121 (E) a program for universal metering of both customer and public uses of water, for meter testing and repair, and for periodic meter replacement; (F) measures to determine and control water loss (for example, periodic visual inspections along distribution lines; annual or monthly audit of the water system to determine illegal connections; abandoned services; etc.); (G) a program of continuing public education and information regarding water conservation; (H) a water rate structure which is not "promotional," i.e., a rate structure which is cost-based and which does not encourage the excessive use of water; (I) a reservoir systems operation plan, if applicable, providing for the coordinated operation of reservoirs owned by the applicant within a common watershed or river basin in order to optimize available water supplies; and (J) a means of implementation and enforcement which shall be evidenced by: (i) a copy of the ordinance, resolution, or tariff, indicating official adoption of the water conservation plan by the water supplier; and (ii) a description of the authority by which the water supplier will implement and enforce the conservation plan; and (K) documentation of coordination with the regional water planning groups for the service area of the public water supplier in order to ensure consistency with the appropriate approved regional water plans. (2) Additional content requirements. Water conservation plans for municipal uses by public drinking water suppliers serving a current population of 5,000 or more and/or a projected population of 5,000 or more within the next ten years subsequent to the effective date of the plan must include the following elements: (A) a program of leak detection, repair, and water loss accounting for the water transmission, delivery, and distribution system; (B) a requirement in every wholesale water supply contract entered into or renewed after official adoption of the plan (by either ordinance, resolution, or tariff), and including any contract extension, that each successive wholesale customer develop and implement a water conservation plan or water conservation measures using the applicable elements in this chapter. If the customer intends to resell the water, the contract between the initial supplier and customer must 17 Ordinance No.3309 Page 29 of 121 provide that the contract for the resale of the water must have water conservation requirements so that each successive customer in the resale of the water will be required to implement water conservation measures in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (3) Additional conservation strategies. Any combination of the following strategies shall be selected by the water supplier, in addition to the minimum requirements in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, if they are necessary to achieve the stated water conservation goals of the plan. The commission may require that any of the following strategies be implemented by the water supplier if the commission determines that the strategy is necessary to achieve the goals of the water conservation plan: (A) conservation-oriented water rates and water rate structures such as uniform or increasing block rate schedules, and/or seasonal rates, but not flat rate or decreasing block rates; (B) adoption of ordinances, plumbing codes, and/or rules requiring water- conserving plumbing fixtures to be installed in new structures and existing structures undergoing substantial modification or addition; (C) a program for the replacement or retrofit of water-conserving plumbing fixtures in existing structures; (D) reuse and/or recycling of wastewater and/or graywater; (E) a program for pressure control and/or reduction in the distribution system and/or for customer connections; (F) a program and/or ordinance(s) for landscape water management; (G) a method for monitoring the effectiveness and efficiency of the water conservation plan; and (H) any other water conservation practice, method, or technique which the water supplier shows to be appropriate for achieving the stated goal or goals of the water conservation plan. (b) A water conservation plan prepared in accordance with 31 TAC §363.15 (relating to Required Water Conservation Plan) of the Texas Water Development Board and substantially meeting the requirements of this section and other applicable commission rules may be submitted to meet application requirements in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between the commission and the Texas Water Development Board. 18 Ordinance No.3309 Page 30 of 121 (c) A public water supplier for municipal use shall review and update its water conservation plan, as appropriate, based on an assessment of previous five-year and ten-year targets and any other new or updated information. The public water supplier for municipal use shall review and update the next revision of its water conservation plan every five years to coincide with the regional water planning group. Source Note: The provisions of this §288.2 adopted to be effective May 3, 1993, 18 TexReg 2558; amended to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 949; amended to be effective April 27, 2000, 25 TexReg 3544; amended to be effective October 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 9384; amended to be effective December 6, 2012, 37 TexReg 9515 19 Ordinance No.3309 Page 31 of 121 TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE Title 30 Environmental Quality Part 1 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chapter 288 Water Conservation Plans, Drought Contingency Plans, Guidelines And Requirements SubChapter A Water Conservation Plans Rule §288.5 Water Conservation Plans for Wholesale Water Suppliers A water conservation plan for a wholesale water supplier must provide information in response to each of the following paragraphs. If the plan does not provide information for each requirement, the wholesale water supplier shall include in the plan an explanation of why the requirement is not applicable. (1) Minimum Requirements—All water conservation plans for the wholesale water suppliers must include the following elements: (A) a description of the wholesaler's service area, including population and customer data, water use data, water supply system data, and wastewater data; (B) specific, quantified five-year and ten-year targets for water savings I ncluding, where appropriate, target goals for municipal use in gallons per capita per day for the wholesaler's service area, maximum acceptable water loss, and the basis for the development of these goals. The goals established by wholesale water suppliers under this subparagraph are not enforceable; (C) a description as to which practice(s) and/or devices(s) will be utilized to measure and account for the amount of water diverted from the source(s) of supply; (D) a monitoring and record management program for determining water deliveries, sales, and losses; (E) a program of metering and leak detection and repair for the wholesaler's water storage, delivery, and distribution system; (F) a requirement of every water supply contract entered into or renewed after official adoption of the water conservation plan, and including any contract extension, that each successive wholesale customer develop and implement a water conservation plan or water conservation measures using the applicable elements of this chapter. If the customer intends to resell the water, then the contract between the initial supplier and customer 20 Ordinance No.3309 Page 32 of 121 must provide that the contract for the resale of the water must have water conservation requirements so that each successive customer in the resale of the water will be required to implement water conservation measures in accordance with applicable provisions of this chapter; (G) a reservoir systems operations plan, if applicable, providing for the coordinated operation of reservoirs owned by the applicant within a common watershed or river basin. The reservoir systems operations plans shall include optimization of water supplies as one of the significant goals of the plan; (H) a means for implementation and enforcement, which shall be evidenced by a copy of the ordinance, rule, resolution, or tariff, indicating official adoption of the water conservation plan by the water supplier; and a description of the authority by which the water supplier will implement and enforce the conservation plan; and (I) documentation or coordination with the regional water planning groups for the service area of the wholesale water supplier in order to ensure consistency with the appropriate approved regional water plans. (2) Additional conservation strategies. Any combination of the following strategies shall be selected by the water wholesaler, in addition to the minimum requirements of paragraph (1) of this section, if they are necessary in order to achieve the stated water conservation goals of the plan. The commission may require by commission order that any of the following strategies be implemented by the water supplier if the commission determines that the strategies are necessary in order for the conservation plan to be achieved: (A) conservation-oriented water rates and water rate structures such as uniform or increasing block rate schedules, and/or seasonal rates, but not flat rate or decreasing block rates; (B) a program to assist agricultural customers in the development of conservation pollution prevention and abatement plans; (C) a program for reuse and/or recycling of wastewater and/or graywater; and (D) any other water conservation practice, method, or technique which the wholesaler shows to be appropriate for achieving the stated goal or goals of the water conservation plan. 21 Ordinance No.3309 Page 33 of 121 (3) Review and update requirements. The wholesale water supplier shall review and update its water conservation plan, as appropriate, based on an assessment of previous five-year and ten-year targets and any other new or updated information. A wholesale water supplier shall review and update the next revision of its water conservation plan every five years to coincide with the regional water planning group. Source Note: The provisions of this §288.5 adopted to be effective May 3, 1993, 18 TexReg 2558; amended to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 949; amended to be effective April 27, 2000, 25 TexReg 3544; amended to be effective October 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 9384; amended to be effective December 6, 2012, 37 TexReg 9515 22 Ordinance No.3309 Page 34 of 121 APPENDIX B FORM FOR CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS WATER UTILITY PROFILE AND WATER CONSERVATION REPORT 23 Ordinance No.3309 Page 35 of 121 APPENDIX B Customer Water Conservation Report Due May 1 of Every Year Name of Utility: City of North Richland Hills Address & Zip: 7200 A Dick Fisher Drive South Telephone Number: (817) 427-6440 Fax: (817) 427-6444 Form Completed By: Alan Knapp Title: Public Works, Utility Superintendent Signature: Date: Name and Phone Number of Person/Department responsible for implementing a water conservation program: Jimmy Cates, Public Works Operations Manager (817) 427-6460 UTILITY PROFILE I. POPULATION CUSTOMER DATA A. Population and Service Area Data 1. Service area size (square miles): 18.2 2. Current population of service area: 65,690 3. Current population served by utility: 65,690 a: Water 65,690 b: Wastewater 65,690 24 Ordinance No.3309 Page 36 of 121 4. Population served by water utility service area for the previous five years: YEAR 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 NRH 62,569 63,343 63,420 64,355 65,690 5. Projected population in the following decades: YEAR 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060 NRH 69,734 73,417 75,456 77,495 79,045 6. List specific source(s)/method(s) for the calculation of current and projected population: - Current and projected population obtained through North Central Texas Council of Governments and Freese and Nichols, Inc. B. Active Connections 1. Current number of active connections by user type. Check whether multi-family service is counted as: Residential X Commercial TREATED WATER USERS METERED NON-METERED TOTAL Residential 19,595 0 19,595 Commercial 1,185 0 1,185 Industrial 14 0 14 Public 108 0 108 Other(Fire Hydrant) 45 0 45 2. List the net number of new connections per year for most recent three years: YEAR 2011 2012 2013 TOTAL 144 199 225 25 Ordinance No.3309 Page 37 of 121 C. High Volume Customers List annual water use for the ten highest volume customers (indicate if treated or raw water delivery). Provide date of most recent water use audit - if never audited, please indicate so. USE TREATED DATE OF 1,000 OR LAST CUSTOMER Gallons/Year RAW WATER USE WATER AUDIT 1 Doskocil Food 135,559 Treated Never 2 North Hills Hospital 51,027 Treated Never 3 Birdville Independent School District 47,672 Treated Never 4 BGPC Equestrian GP 39,568 Treated Never 5 Chesapeake Operation Inc. 31,493 Treated Never 6 FX3 Apt./Remington Oaks Apts. 25,946 Treated Never 7 Silver Creek Apartments 21,537 Treated Never 8 APWP Green REIT LLC Apts. 18,063 Treated Never 9 Alliance PP2 Apts. 17,644 Treated Never 10 Bluffs at Iron Horse Apartments 17,287 Treated Never Ordinance No.3309 26 Page 38 of 121 IL WATER USE DATA FOR SERVICE AREA A. Water Accounting Data 1. Amount of water use for previous five years (in 1,000 gallons): TOTAL DIVERTED AND TREATED WATER DELIVERIES AND SALES BY MONTH Year Month 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 January 270,798 257,641 228,043 265,938 234,955 February 251,608 207,865 247,897 222,737 229,246 March 291,565 234,620 310,507 267,261 296,384 April 303,763 294,879 379,111 278,997 294,777 May 331,217 441,174 342,722 426,407 352,840 June 448,883 489,749 584,459 409,429 433,473 July 530,056 497,521 _ 729,756 639,734 500,474 August 533,817 595,699 735,674 550,999 533,971 September 370,966 396,241 517,446 505,559 448,131 October 291,610 434,190 378,430 367,679 333,931 November 258,604 365,508 296,559 329,790 285,502 December 245,108 320,468 228,767 308,289 257,776 TOTAL 4,127,496 4,515,555 4,977,671 4,572,879 4,201,460 Accounting data taken from master meters located at four points of entry along the perimeters of the City (7699 Airport Freeway, 5105 Western Center Boulevard, 4145 Stanley Keller Road, and 1101 Glade Road). 2. Indicate whether water is supplied from: a. Untreated surface water sources: b. Another utility as treated water: X 2a.For entities that treat their own water: Does utility operate a raw water intake? If so, indicate intake location and minimum elevations of safe operation. Location of raw water intake Elevation N/A N/A Ordinance No.3309 27 Page 39 of 121 2b. For entities that purchase treated water from another utility, list water supply sources and quantity purchased from each source: :_... ..:__ ..r. ,..n« ':::ir:m•r••.im:ur:_•vAa•:cc..�.�.i.i^'"?i'i?x riJa?!§ri'ry,c::4i°.0 i,'•.'r Lyw•t��rsiii'•4•�Hi:{!.«tiiii;iL:�r'0h''ai:�}�"�'�}iu}��r::'.°w;?i.' ,...'L«4L:•:'tL':1f':1•i.,. i......i.....ti. S�L.. ..... g ..+...� d,..LaN is •1•i ( •'3i:ti:':Ji'i�:�"r.:,;..i......ti1:rr]aa ..iz�u•!L... liT.::.r}'y:1 j G 1L�lye,N:!i'�I�{ i!3��'•:Sii'._i�r;;i�r ii"ihii!•i7inFrr"• �..•.�ir.,.v n.. =•,�?'hr i?r;.n�i}i,,dsi��,;_;�i;.:is ,�T;,N rq_!I.ii...,•i ,L I�.,iy, •.�1><,, r �9 +. t -i:r }r.,4.iiii IL_,.�•LLB�i,tUii:��:,•;�� y� «,s;i�t y� •r::.... .., i , } i u f �"i 'S ; 4. Calculate gallons per capita per day by account types for the past five years: GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY BY ACCOUNT ACCOUNT TYPE (Total water diverted or TYPE 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Residential 9 102 122 111 102 Commercial 2 28 31 31 17 Public/Institutional 7 8 8 �. 9 8 Industrial 6 6 5 2 6 _ Wholesale 4 42 39 — 39 V 35 Other .9 1.90 — 2.57 .94 2.27 Total 177.92 187.90 207.57 192.94 170.27 5. List previous five years records for water loss (the difference between water diverted or treated and water delivered or sold). The goal for percent of unaccounted for water is 6%. AMOUNT % OF TOTAL WATER YEAR (Gallons) DIVERTED OR TREATED 2009 23,849,400 0.60% 2010 259,509,199 5.70% 2011 257,062,902 5.6% 2012 163,528,922 3.58% 2013 97,452,565 2.32% 6. List previous five years records for water reuse. Reuse is the authorized use for one or more beneficial purposes of use of water that remains unconsumed after the water is used for the original purpose of use and before that water is either disposed of or discharged or otherwise allowed to flow into a watercourse, lake or other body of state-owned water. Year Amount/Gallons %of Total Water Diverted or Treated N/A N/A N/A Ordinance No.3309 29 Page 41 of 121 7. Municipal per capita water use (in gallons per day) for previous five years. Municipal per capita water use is the sum total of water diverted into a water supply system for residential, commercial and public and institutional uses divided by total population served. GPCD includes water losses. TOTAL WATER YEAR POPULATION DIVERTED OR TREATED Municipal Per Capita Use (1,000 Gallons) (GPCD) 2009 62,569 4,127,996 181 2010 63,343 4,515,555 195 2011 63,420 4,977,671 215 2012 64,355 4,572,879 195 2013 65,690 4,201,460 175 8. Previously stated per capita goals from 2009 plan: 5 year: 176 GPCD 10 year: 166 GPCD 9. Did water use (GPCD) increase or decrease from previous year? Decrease Percent increase or decrease from previous year? 11% 10.Briefly discuss reasons for the increase or decrease in municipal water use. Municipal water use decreased in 2014 due to mandatory prohibited watering between 10 a.m. — 6 p.m. and ongoing Drought Contingency Stage 1 implementation. 30 Ordinance No.3309 Page 42 of 121 POINTS OF ENTRY N { 1 ly {{/{ y to �.`S‘>':=.;'i .1 • ksc�n.�...rs{ i)11• vArittc,-1 METERING STATIONS ;°.°°-� •-.:5-1,.. #1 Hwy 121 & Handley Ederville -,,,.. in :pima� , #2 5105 Western Center � ,,} k, u --. #3 4145 Stanley Keller VIEW lii1 I #4 1101 Glade Rd ""."'... 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T- aw�i . ,. t fii 0* y 11 /1 Legend fa #9 i Air I ,, •'�� NRH Water Lines I''"' 0 NRH Water Tanks i', DXF-LAYER --•--- city Limit Line 5-27-2010 Niatved ---= NRH Major Roads Ordinance No.3309 32 Page 44 of 121 APPENDIX C FORM FOR CITY OF WATAUGA'S WATER UTILITY PROFILE (A WHOLESALE CUSTOMER OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS) Ordinance No.3309 33 Page 45 of 121 CITY OF WATAUGA WATER UTILITY PROFILE AND WATER CONSERVATION REPORT APPLICANT DATA Name of Utility: Citvof Watauga Address & Zip: 7105 Whitely Road Telephone Number: (817) 514-5851 Fax: (817) 427-0935 Form Completed By: Brandon Dupree Title: Public Works Utility Superintendent Signature: Date: May 20, 2014 Name and Phone Number of Person/Department responsible for implementing a water conservation program: Name: Keith Miertschin,PublicWorks Director Phone: (817) 514-5837 UTILITY DATA I. CUSTOMER DATA A. Population and Service Area Data 1. Please attach a copy of your Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) from the TCEQ 2. Service area size (square miles): 4_5 3. Current population of service area:24,044 4. Current population served by utility: a: water 24,044 b: wastewater 24,044 Ordinance No.3309 Page 46 of 121 34 5. Population served by water 6. Projected population for utility for the previous five service area in the years: following decades: Year Population Year Population 2009 24,330 2020 24,632 2010 23,555 2030 25,596 2011 23,792 2040 26,365 2012 24,044 2050 26,979 2013 24,044 2060 27,468 7. List source(s)/method(s) for the calculation of current and projected population: Current populations were taken from the North Central Texas Council of Governments. Projected populations were taken from the Region C Water Planning Group, and the U.S. Census Bureau. B. Active Connections 1. Current number of active connections by user type. If not a separate classification, check whether multi-family service is counted as Residential X or Commercial Treated water users: Metered Not-metered Total Residential-Single-Family 7,646 1 7.646 Residential-Multi-Family 212 0 212 Commercial 285 0 285 Industrial 0 0 0 Public 32 0 32 Other 29 0 29 Ordinance No.3309 Page 47 of 121 35 2. List the net number of new connections per year for most recent three years: Year 2011 2012 2013 Residential-Single-Family 0 0 11 Residential-Multi-Family 0 0 0 Commercial 1 0 5 Industrial Q 0 Q Public 0 0 0 Other 0 0 0 C. High Volume Customers List annual water use for the five highest volume retail and wholesale customers (Please indicate if treated or raw water delivery.) Indicate Customer Use Treated or Raw (1,000gal./yr.) (1) WesternRimProo. 2,557,130 Treated (2) DaybreakVenture 1,221,780 Treated (3) Kwik KarWash 387,530 Treated (4) Denton Hwy 354,510 Treated Laundromat (5) PeiWeiAsianDiner 269,940 Treated Ordinance No.3309 Page 48 of 121 36 II. WATER USE DATA FOR SERVICE AREA A. Water Accounting Data 1. Amount of water use for previous five years (in 1,000 gal.): Please indicate: Diverted Water Treated Water X Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 January 73,609,800 65,980,600 49,195,600 47,056,400 38,282,100 February 57,408,600 79,106,082 54,363,300 46,776,90 50,012,900 March 65,556,700 57,123,200 68,136.000 58,076.400 65,596,100 April 67,922,800 69,385,300 74,913,200 59,466,200 62,363,900 May 92,688.600 101.748,200 65,333,800 86,169,100 63,606,200 June 101.582,100 106,016,200 100,398,200 77.032,200 85,280,200 July 107,077.900 105,859,000 129,964,200 129,058,300 97,643,200 August 109,674,300 106,882,300 133,445,800 102,094,200 99,258,600 September 92,689,800 71,140.300 85,148,800 105.305,400 83,339,700 October 76.507,300 82,797,000 79,499,900 80.014,900 70,817.200 November 63.541,900 100.073,400 60,516,400 59,394,100 60,842,200 December 45,235,800 78,075.600 40,983,500 55,133,200 52,971,000 Total 953,495,600 1,024.187,182 941,898,700 905,577,300 830,013,300 Please indicate how the above figures were determined (e.g., from a master meter located at the point of a diversion from a stream or located at a point where raw water enters the treatment plant, or from water sales). Master meters at points of entry and water sales_ 2. Amount of water (in 1,000 gallons) delivered (sold) as recorded by the following account types for the past five years. Year Residential Commercial Industrial Wholesale Other Total Sold 2009 609,543,357 134.640,052 N A N A 18,552.181 762,735,590 2010 621,205,950 143,015,588 N A N A 36,172,091 800,393,629 2011 676,745,138 148,013,021 kjjjk N A 49,386,885 874,145,044 2012 604,323,502 141,728,947 N A N A 40.880,335 786,942,784 2013 572,192,173 129,506,110 N N A 20,418,746 722,117,029 Ordinance No.3309 Page 49 of 121 37 3. List previous five years records 4. List previous five years records for for water loss: annual peak-to-average daily use ratio: Year Amount(gal.) Year AverageMGD PeakMG Ratio 2009 181,506,642 2009 2.569 3.857 1.50 2010 223,122,993 2010 2.693 4.099 1.52 2011 65,718,826 2011 2.320 3.856 1.66 2012 112,501,479 2012 2.378 3.731 1.56 2013 81,392,605 2013 2.392 3.655 1.52 5. Total per capita water use for previous five years: Total Diverted or Per Capita(gpcd} Year Population (1.000gal.)Sales 2009 24,330 953,495,600 1107 2010 23,555 1,024,187,182 119 2011 23,792 941,898,700 108 2012 24,044 905,577,300 103 2013 24,044 830,013,300 95 6. Seasonal water use for the previous five years (in gallons per person per day): Base Per Summer Per Year Population CapitaUse CapitaUse 2009 24,330 95 142 . 2010 23,555 109 147 2011 23,792 89 166 2012 24,044 91 139 2013 24,044 83 128 B. Projected Water Demands Project water supply requirements for at least the next ten years using population trends, historical water use, and economic growth, etc. Indicate sources of data and how projected water demands were determined. The City of Watauga does not expect a large increase in water demand in the near future. The city is land locked and there is very little room for residential or commercial growth. In March 2008, the city passed Ordinance #1368 restricting customers to no watering between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. year round. In December 2008, the city council passed Ordinance #1397 with restrictions for irrigation installation and operation. Ordinance number 1397 states that all irrigation systems shall be designed, installed, maintained, altered, repaired, serviced and operated in a manner that will promote water ordinar►r giI Ptlon. Page 50 of 121 38 III.WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM A. Water Supply Sources List all current water supply sources and the amounts available with each: Source AmountAvailable Surface Water: North Richland Hills 17 MGD Groundwater: N/A MGD Contracts: N/A MGD Other: N/A MGD B. Treatment and Distribution System 1. Design daily capacity of system: 2.5 MGD 2. Storage Capacity: Elevated 2 MGD, Ground2 MGD 3. If surface water, do you recycle filter backwash to the head of the plant? Yes n/a No n/a If yes, approximately n/a MGD. 4. Please describe the water system. Include the number of treatment plants, wells, and storage tanks. If possible, include a sketch of the system layout. The City of Watauga's water system receives purchased water from North Richland Hills supplied by the City of Fort Worth and the Trinity River Authority. Watauga has a distribution system, a two (2) million gallon elevated storage facility and one two (2) million gallon ground storage facility. The ground storage facility is jointly used with North Richland Hills. Ordinance No.3309 39 Page 51 of 121 IV. WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEM A. Wastewater System Data 1. Design capacity of wastewater treatment plant(s): n/a MGD 2. Is treated effluent used for irrigation on-site n/a off-site n/a, plant wash down n/a, or chlorination/dechlorination n/a? If yes, approximately n/a gallons per month. Could this be substituted for potable water now being used in these areas n/a? 3. Briefly describe the wastewater system(s) of the area serviced by the water utility. Describe how treated wastewater is disposed of. Where applicable, identify treatment plant(s)with the TCEQ name and number, the operator, owner, and, if wastewater is discharged, the receiving stream. Please provide a sketch or map which locates the plant(s) and discharge points or disposal sites. The City of Watauga does not have a wastewater treatment plant. Watauga's wastewater is treated by The City of Fort Worth. The numbers in B were taken from billing invoices from Fort Worth. B. Wastewater Data for Service Area 1. N/A Ordinance No.3309 Page 52 of 121 40 Definitions of Utility Profile Terms 1. Residential sales should include water sold to residential (Single and Multi- Family) class customers only. Industrial sales should include water sold to manufacturing and other heavy industry. Commercial sales should include water sold to all retail businesses, offices, hospitals, etc. Wholesale sales should include water sold to another utility for a resale to the public for human consumption. 2. Water Loss is the difference between water a utility purchases or produces and the amount of water that it can account for in sales and other known uses for a given period. Water loss can result from: I. inaccurate or incomplete record keeping; 2. meter error; 3. unmetered uses such as firefighting, line flushing, and water for public buildings and water treatment plants; 4. leaks; and 5. water theft and unauthorized use. 3. The peak-day to average-day ratio is calculated by dividing the maximum daily pumpage (in million gallons per day) by the average daily pumpage. Average daily pumpage is the total pumpage for the year (as reported in Section IIAI, p. 4) divided by 365 and expressed in million gallons per day. 4. Total use in gallons per capita per day is defined as total average daily amount of water diverted or pumped for treatment for potable use by a public water supply system. The calculation is made by dividing the water diverted or pumped for treatment for potable use by population served, then dividing by 365. Indirect reuse volumes shall be credited against total diversion volumes for the purpose of calculation gallons per capita per day for targets and goals developed for the water conservation plan. Total water use is calculated by subtracting the wholesale sales from the total water diverted or treated (as reported in Section IIAI). 5. Seasonal water use is the difference between base (winter) daily per capita use and summer daily per capita use. To calculate the base daily per capita use, average the monthly diversions for December, January, and February, and divide this average by 30. Then divide this figure by the population. To calculate the summer daily per capita use, use the months of June, July, and August. Ordinance No.3309 Page 53 of 121 41 APPENDIX D LETTERS TO WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS: CITY OF FORT WORTH CITY OF WATAUGA TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY Ordinance No.3309 Page 54 of 121 42 Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 19, 2014 City of Fort Worth Frank Crumb, P.E. 1000 Throckmorton Fort Worth, TX 76102 RE: City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan Dear Mr. Crumb: Please find enclosed The City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan. 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 A, Rule 288.20. In addition, as a wholesale customer of the City of Fort Worth, we have reviewed the City of Fort Worth's plan and believe our plan reflects the goals and criteria as stated in Fort Worth's plan. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you require any additional information regarding this matter Respectfully, 11011° - •..urn rmrny Cat=s Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-019u Ordinance No.3309 P.O. Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 Page 55 of 121 7200 Dick Fisher Dr. S * (817)427-6440 * Fax(817)427-6444 www nrhtx-cnm 1\1ItH Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 19, 2014 City of Watauga Greg Vick, City Manager 7105 Whitley Road Watauga, TX 76148 RE: City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan Dear Mr. Vick: Please find enclosed The City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan. As you are aware, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is requiring all municipalities with a population of 5,000 or greater, to submit these documents by July 1, 2014. As the City of North Richland Hills' wholesale customer, the City of Watauga is required to implement a plan consistent with that developed by the City of North Richland Hills. A draft copy of the proposed plan was submitted to Mr. Brandon Dupree as reference material on May 16, 2014. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you need any additional information regarding this matter Respectfully, 4110 / .a.d/► IAIFIP' Jimmy ates Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-020u Ordinance No.3309 P.O. Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 Page 56 of 121 7200 Dick Fisher Dr.S * (817)427-6440 * Fax(817)427-6444 ,Ann/IF/nrhty mm NIRHPublic Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 19, 2014 Trinity River Authority Patricia Cleveland, Manager of Operations P.O. Box 240 Arlington, TX 76004-0240 RE: City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan Dear Ms. Cleveland: Please find enclosed The City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan. 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 A, Rule 288.20. In addition, as a wholesale customer of the Trinity River Authority, we have reviewed the Trinity River Authority's plan and believe our plan reflects the goals and criteria as stated in the Trinity River Authority's plan. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you require any additional information regarding this matter Respectfully, 411P . immy ates Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-021 u Ordinance No.3309 P.O. Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 Page 57 of 121 7200 Dick Fisher Dr. S * (817)427-6440 * Fax(817)427-6444 tunenu nrhty rnm IHPublic Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 19, 2014 Texas Water Development Board Ethan Ham P.O. Box 13231 Austin, TX 78711 RE: City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan Dear Mr. Ham: Please find enclosed The City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan. 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 A, Rule 288.20. In addition, as a wholesale customer of the City of Fort Worth and the Trinity River Authority, we have reviewed their plans and believe our plan reflects the goals and criteria as stated in their plans. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you require any additional information regarding this matter Respectfully, ei war" immy Cites Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pwI2014-022u Ordinance No.3309 P.O. Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 Page 58 of 121 7200 Dick Fisher Dr. S * (817)427-6440 * Fax(817)427-6444 www.nrhtx.com I , I-I Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 19, 2014 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Kristin Wang-MC 160 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 7871-3087 RE: City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan Dear Ms. Wang: Please find enclosed The City of North Richland Hills' Water Conservation Plan. 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 A, Rule 288.20. In addition, as a wholesale customer of the City of Fort Worth and the Trinity River Authority, we have reviewed their plans and believe our plan reflects the goals and criteria as stated in their plans. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you need any additional information regarding this matter Respectfully, � Ism s' - Jimmy Ca es Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-023u Ordinance No.3309 P.O. Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 Page 59 of 121 7200 Dick Fisher Dr.S * (817)427-6440 * Fax(817)427-6444 nnenni nrhty rnm APPENDIX E CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS' ORDINANCE ADOPTING WATER CONSERVATION PLAN Ordinance No.3309 Page 60 of 121 48 ORDINANCE NO.3047 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78-62 OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES; REVISING THE WATER CONSERVATION PLAN; ESTABLISHING THE AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN; AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF THE PLAN WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills, Texas (the "City") recognizes that the amount of water available to its water customers is limited; and, WHEREAS, The City recognizes that due to natural limitations, drought conditions, system failures and other acts of God which may occur, the city cannot guarantee an uninterrupted water supply for all purposes at all times;and, WHEREAS, the regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the "Commission") require that the City revise its currently adopted Water Conservation Plan; and, WHEREAS, the City has determined an urgent need in the best interest of the public to revise the current Water Conservation Plan; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 54 of the Texas Local Government Code, the City is authorized to adopt such ordinances necessary to preserve and conserve its water resources; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills desires to revise the current Water Conservation Plan as official city policy for the conservation of water; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: Section 1: That Sec. 78-62 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 78-62. Water Conservation Plan adopted. (a) Plan adopted. The City of North Richland Hills, Texas hereby adopts the Water Conservation Plan attached hereto as Attachment A. 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 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 violations. Any customer, as defined by Rule 288.2, Title 30, Chapter 288 Subchapter B, Texas Administrative Code, failing to comply with the Ordinance No.3047 Ordinance No.3309 Page 61 of 121 provisions of the Plan shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor involving health and safety and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) and/or discontinuance of water service by the City. Each day a customer fails to comply with the Plan is a separate violation. The City may also seek injunctive or other civil relief for actual or threatened violations." Section 2: Severability. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and section of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section 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 phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. Section 3: The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption and penalty clauses of this ordinance as an alternative method of publication provided by law. Section 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately after passage. Section 5: The City Manager or his/her designee is hereby directed to file a copy of the plan and Ordinance with the Commission in accordance with Rule 288.2,Title 30, Chapter 288 Subchapter B, Texas Administrative Code. PASSED AND APPROVED this 13th day of April, a09. b,� R1Cyz 11/aiy�`e CITY OF%•RT.,. -I' /AND HILLS �° _A,r vL 0• •tea BY: r— Osc-r (vino, Mayor tiEST '!74'.(. N x 4 �C P. -e1HH5110e-City Secretary sms% APP° 1 A . F•RM AND LEGALITY: George . t-files, City Attorney APPROVED S TO CONTENT: Mikeeuis, Direulur Ordinance No.3047 Ordinance No.3309 Page 62 of 121 APPENDIX F CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS' LANDSCAPE WATER MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE AND AMENDMENT TO OUTSIDE WATERING ORDINANCE Ordinance No.3309 Page 63 of 121 51 ORDINANCE NO.2893 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 78 "UTILITIES", ARTICLE II 'WATER", DIVISION 2 "WATER CONSERVATION AND RATIONING" OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING SECTIONS 78-65 TO BE ENTITLED "LAWN AND LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS", SECTION 78-66 TO BE ENTITLED "RAIN SENSING DEVICES AND FREEZE SENSORS" AND SECTION 78-67 TO BE ENTITLED "EXCEPTIONS"; AMENDING SECTION 114.71(C) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO CONFORM TO THE OTHER AMENDMENTS HEREIN; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER;AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills, Texas (the "City") is a home rule city acting under its charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5, of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that conservation of water and protection of water supplies is necessary to protect public health and sanitation as well as to provide water for fire protection; and WHEREAS, the City Council having previously adopted a water conservation plan incorporated into the Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, securing future water supplies will require proving to state permitted agencies that existing water supplies are being used efficiently. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS,TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Chapter 78 "Utilities", Article I I 'Water", Division 2 'Water Conservation and Rationing" of the Code of Ordinances be and is hereby amended by adding Sections 78-65 through 78-67 which shall read as follows: Sec. 78-65. Lawn and landscape irrigation restrictions Ordinance No.3309 Page 64 of 121 (a) Except for hand watering and the use of soaker hoses, a person commits an offense if a person irrigates, waters, or causes or permits the irrigation of watering of any lawn or landscape located on premises owned, leased, or managed by that person between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. during the period from June 1 through September 30 of any year. (b) A person commits an offense if he knowingly or recklessly irrigates, waters, or causes or permits the irrigation or watering of a lawn or landscape located on premises owned, leased or managed by the person in a manner that causes: (1) a substantial amount of water to fall upon impervious areas instead of a lawn or landscape, such that a constant stream of water overflows from the lawn or landscape onto a street or other drainage area;or (2) an irrigation system or other lawn or landscape watering device to operate during any form of precipitation. (c) A person commits an offense if, on premises owned, leased, or managed by that person, he operates a lawn or landscape irrigation system or device that: (1) has any broken or missing sprinkler head; or (2) has not been properly maintained in a manner that prevents the waste of water. Sec. 78-66. Rain sensing devices and freeze sensors. (a) All irrigation systems installed on or after October 25, 1999 with the exception of those associated with agricultural and/or single family residential uses must be equipped with rain and freeze sensors. (See Section 114-74) (b) Any agricultural and/or single family residential irrigation system installed within the City on or after August 1, 2006 must be equipped with rain and freeze sensors. (c) The potable water supply lo lawn irrigation system shall be protected against backflow in accordance with the City's Backflow and Cross-connection Control Program adopted by Article VII of Chapter 78 of the Code of Ordinances. Ordinance No.2893 Page2of5 Ordinance No.3309 Page 65 of 121 (d) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly or recklessly install, operate, or cause, or permit the installation of or the operation of, an irrigation system in violation of subsections 78-66 (a) through (d) on premises owned, leased,or managed by that person. Sec.78-67. Exceptions. (a) The Director of Public Works or his designee may grant exceptions from the provisions of Sections 78-65 or 78-66 to persons demonstrating extreme hardship and/or need as determined by the Director of Public Works or his designee and only under the following conditions: (1) The applicant must sign a compliance agreement on forms provided by the Public Works Department, agreeing to irrigate or water a lawn or landscape only in the amount and manner permitted by the exception. (2) Granting of an exception must not cause an immediate significant reduction in the City's water supply. Examples of hardships that will be considered shall include such things but not be limited to such items as: New landscaping and/or lawns that can not be watered during the specified times Installation of new irrigation systems Repair and/or adjustments to an existing irrigation system Any hardship related to the health, safety and welfare of the person making the request Any other request determined to be a hardship as determined by the Public Works Director or his Designee (b) The Director of Public Works or his designee may revoke an exception granted when determined that: (1) the conditions of subsection (a) are not being met or are no longer applicable; (2) the terms of the compliance agreement are being violated; or (3) the health, safety or welfare of other persons requires revocation." Ordinance No.2883 Page3of5 Ordinance No.3309 Page 66 of 121 SECTION 2. That Section 114-71(c)(1) Landscaping Regulations general criteria of the Code of Ordinances be and is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 114-71. Landscaping regulations (c) General criteria. "(1) The standards contained in this section are considered minimum standards and shall apply to all zoning districts. Agricultural uses and single-family residences and their accessory buildings shall be exempt from the requirements of this Article except as provided in subsection (c)(2) of this section and Section 78-66 of this Code." SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of North Richland Hills, and other applicable City ordinances, except where the provisions of this Ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances, in which event the applicability of the conflicting provisions of such ordinances are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. SECTION 4. 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 5. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00)for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 6. The City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this ordinance or its caption and penalty in the official City newspaper one time within ten (10) days after final passage hereof. SECTION 7. 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. Ordinance No.2893 Page4of5 Ordinance No.3309 Page 67 of 121 PASSED AND APPROVED on this 10th day of July, 2006. CITY 6 F ORTH ' LAND BY: Al /Ark it . r' 116 •r Tre no, Mayor A T: r y h y Patrici ''' , . ".7 ity Secretary APPRO D jA S TO Fe RM AND LEGALITY: .1► , 1' , , ,/ George A. Staples City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: Utp C. Acie Mr Curtis Public Works Director Ordinance No.2893 Page 5 of5 Ordinance No.3309 Page 68 of 121 ORDINANCE NO.3009 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78-65 OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES TO EXTEND OUTSIDE WATERING RESTRICTIONS TO. ALL MONTHS OF THE YEAR; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills, Texas (the "City") is a home rule city acting under its charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5, of the Texas Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds that conservation of water and protection of water supplies is necessary to protect public health and sanitation as well as to provide water for fire protection; and WHEREAS, the City Council having previously adopted a water conservation plan incorporated into the Code of Ordinances; and WHEREAS, securing future water supplies will require proving to state permitted agencies that existing water supplies are being used efficiently; and, WHEREAS, THE City has been requested by its supplier of potable water to extend the restrictions on hours for outside watering to all months of the year in order to conserve water; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: Section i. That Section 78-65(a) of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 78-65. Lawn and landscape irrigation restrictions (a) Except for hand watering and the use of soaker hoses, a person commits an offense if a person irrigates, waters, or causes or permits the irrigation of watering of any lawn or landscape located on premises owned, leased, or managed by that person between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00p.m. Ordinance N0.3009 Page 1 of2 Ordinance No.3309 Page 69 of 121 Section 2. 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 3. Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be fined not more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. Section 4. The City Secretary is hereby directed to publish this ordinance or its caption and penalty in the official City newspaper one time within ten (10) days after final passage hereof. Section 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect beginning October 1, 2008 and after its passage and publication as required by law and it is so ordered. P�A�S gp AND APPROVED on this 26th day of August, 2008. A/1114% ` N NANO4S CITY 0' 2 RTHHLAND HILLS kr C1 \ - 1 ai "' BY 1 .•> .IILd � •scar Trevino, Mayor WAY c� -'4/(."cts,o, atricia Hutson, City Secretary APP F s Do: S Ya FORM AND LEGALITY: 7 44f4(iI Geo ge A. tap f-s, City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: Mike Curtis, P.E., Public Works Director Ordinance No.3309 Page 70 of 121 2014 DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN :,�� •: N O R. T I—I R I C H L A. N 1) H I L L S T I-I E C I T Y OF C H O I C E Ordinance No.3309 Page 71 of 121 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Description Page # 1.0 Introduction and Objectives 1 2.0 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Rules 1 3.0 Water System Profile 1 3.1 North Richland Hills Pumping Capacity 2 3.2 Coordination with Regional Water Planning Group 2 4.0 Drought Contingency Plan 2 4.1 Wholesale Customer's of Fort Worth and TRA 2 4.2 Public Education 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 8 4.4 Stage 3 Response 11 4.5 Pro Rata Water Allocation 14 4.6 Procedures for Enforcing Mandatory Water Use Measures 14 4.7 Alternative Water Sources 15 4.8 Variance Provisions 15 4.9 Review and Update of Drought Contingency Plan 16 Ordinance No.3309 Page 72 of 121 APPENDICIES Appendix Description Page # A Letter to Wholesale Customer 17 B Letters to the City of Fort Worth, Trinity River Authority, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and the Texas Water Development Board 19 C Ordinance Adopting the Plan 24 D Emergency Water Management Plan Implementation 27 E Key City Officials' Contact Numbers 33 F Water Saving Methods 35 G Matrix of Actions by Customer Type and Stage 40 Ordinance No.3309 II Page 73 of 121 1.0 INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Drought 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 water 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 rules 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 288.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. 3.0 WATER SYSTEM PROFILE North Richland Hills purchases water from the Trinity River Authority Northern 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). • East Texas: Cedar Creek Reservoir, located approximately 75 miles southeast of Fort Worth and Richland Chambers Reservoir; 1 Ordinance No.3309 Page 74 of 121 • Clear Fork of the Trinity River via Lake Benbrook. A pipeline connects Lake Benbrook to the East Texas Supply. 3. 1 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS' PUMPING CAPACITY North Richland Hills provided water to approximately 65,690 residents in 2013 with the population expected to exceed 69,734 by 2020. In addition, North Richland Hills provides treated water to the City of Watauga with a current estimated population of 24,044 and is expected to exceed 24,632 by 2020. North Richland Hills purchases treated water from the City of Fort Worth and the TRA Northern Region and distributes water through a series of four (4) ground storage facilities and four (4) elevated storage facilities resulting in a storage capacity of 16 million gallons and an estimated pumping capacity of 47 million gallons/day (MGD) of available potable water. NORTH RICHLAND HILLS PUMPING CAPACITY Pump Station Entry Points Station Capability (MGD) 7699 Airport Freeway at Handley Ederville Road 8.0 5105 Western Center Boulevard 12.0 4145 Stanley Keller Road 4.0 1011 Glade Road 23.0 3.2 COORDINATION WITH REGIONAL WATER PLANNING GROUP The water service area of the City of North Richland Hills is located within the Tarrant Regional Water District and the City of North Richland Hills has provided a copy of the Plan to the Tarrant Regional Water District. 4.0 DROUGHT CONTINGENCY/EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN 4.1 WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS OF FORT WORTH AND TRA The City of North Richland Hills is a wholesale or 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 Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Plan 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 water 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 to follow. The notification process will include the steps the City must take in order to comply with their plans. The City may also need to implement an Emergency Water Management Plan 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.3309 Page 75 of 121 4.2 PUBLIC EDUCATION The City of North Richland Hills will inform and educate the public about the Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Management Plan 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 an educational 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 Contingency/Emergency 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 on the City's web site. Utility bill inserts will also be used as appropriate. 4.3 INITIATION AND TERMINATION OF 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 "person" 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; however, any pond, impoundment, body of water, or other water service that is supplemented, or has the ability to supplement supply, with potable water shall adhere to the provisions of this Plan. 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. Initiation of a Drought/Emergency Water Management Stage The City Manager or his/her 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 will be notified through local 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, e-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 Hall and at several key public facilities within the City. Temporary signs will also be placed throughout the City. 3 Ordinance No.3309 Page 76 of 121 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 part. A description and details of the reasons for initiation 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 for 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 drought response or emergency stages that have been initiated by TRWD. TRWD's stages are included in the City's Plan. Termination of a Drought/Emergency Water Management Stage The City Manager or his/her 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 following actions will be taken when a drought stage is terminated: • The public will be notified through local media and through the City's web site. • The City of Watauga, a wholesale or retail customer of the City, will be notified with a follow-up letter, email or fax. The City of North Richland Hills may have to implement a water emergency stage on behalf 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 Conditions: • Water demand reaches or exceeds 90% of reliable delivery capacity for 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) of conservation storage. 4 Ordinance No.3309 Page 77 of 121 • 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 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 or 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 Stage 1 Stage 1 may terminate when the City of Fort Worth or TRA terminates its Stage 1 condition or 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. If 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: • Discourage hosing of paved areas, such as sidewalks, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts, patios, or other impervious surfaces, except to alleviate an immediate health or safety hazard. This may include premises with raw or processed food, pharmaceutical or vaccine processing, storage or vending establishments, including restaurants and grocery stores may be washed to the extent necessary for sanitary purposes. These areas may also include: - Trash and dumpster areas. - Areas around fuel pumps. - Storefront cleaning areas with accumulated bird droppings and debris. - Localized spot cleaning of parking areas to remove oil, grease build-up that may pose a health and safety issue. • Discourage hosing of buildings or other structures for purposes other than fire protection or surface preparation prior to painting. 5 Ordinance No.3309 Page 78 of 121 • 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 or greater; or (b)to pond in a street or parking lot to a depth greater than one-quarter of an inch; - Allowing or causing an irrigation system or other lawn watering device to operate during any form of precipitation. • Prohibit outdoor watering with sprinklers or irrigation systems between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. • 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. - Residential addresses ending in an even number (0, 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 non-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 refilling swimming pools, hot tubs and Jacuzzi type pools except to maintain adequate water levels for structural integrity, proper operation and maintenance, and /or to alleviate an issue that poses a public safety risk. • All users are encouraged to use native and adapted drought tolerant plants in landscaping. • Washing of any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane, or 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 for 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-site 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. 6 Ordinance No.3309 Page 79 of 121 Exceptions; - Lawns and landscaping may be watered on any day, at any time, by handheld hose, drip irrigation, a soaker hose or tree bubbler. (The intent of this measure is to allow for the protection of structural foundations, trees, and other high value landscape materials.) - Water use necessary for the repair of an irrigation system, plumbing line, fountain, etc., in the presence of the person making the repair. - 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 that does not produce a spray of water above the ground. - 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 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 for the purpose of establishing a new lawn, there are no watering restrictions for 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 only, not surrounding landscaping) may be watered as needed to maintain league standards. 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 government irrigation systems to ensure proper conditions, settings, and operations. • Identify and encourage voluntary reduction measures by high-volume water users through water use audits. • Reduce non-essential water use. As used herein, non-essential 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. • 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 2.5 of the Fort Worth Wholesale Water Contract. Per contract, wholesale customers are required to institute and apply the same 7 Ordinance No.3309 Page 80 of 121 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 City of Watauga of actions being taken by North Richland Hills and require enforcement of like procedures in the City of Watauga. • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will contact wholesale water customers to discuss water supply and/or demand conditions and will request that wholesale water customers initiate voluntary measures to reduce water use (e.g., implement Stage 1 of the customer's drought contingency plan). • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will provide a weekly report to news media with information regarding current water supply and/or demand conditions, projected water supply and demand conditions if drought conditions persist, and consumer information on water conservation measures and practices. Commercial or Industrial: • All actions listed above for all water users apply to commercial and industrial users. • Stock 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. • Car wash facilities must keep equipment in good working order, which should include regular inspections to be sure there are no leaks, broken or misdirected nozzles, and that all equipment is operating efficiently. • All commercial and industrial customers are encouraged to audit irrigation systems. Stage 2—Water Warning Triggering Conditions: • Water demand reaches or exceeds 95% of reliable delivery capacity for three consecutive days. 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 equals or 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 60% (40% depleted) of conservation storage. 8 Ordinance No.3309 Page 81 of 121 • 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 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 or 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 no longer prevail. Goal for Use Reduction for Stage 2 The goal for water use reduction under Stage 2, Water Warning is to decrease use by 10 percent. If 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 2 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 and TRA. • 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 before establishing new landscaping and turf. If hydromulch, grass sod, or grass seed is installed for the purpose of establishing a new lawn, there are no watering restrictions for 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). • Prohibit use of water for dust control, except as required to protect public health. • Discourage the operation of ornamental fountains or ponds that use potable water except where necessary, to support aquatic life or where such fountains or ponds are equipped with a recirculation system. 9 Ordinance No.3309 Page 82 of 121 • Prohibit filling of swimming pools with automatic valves. • Watering for dust control on skinned areas of sport fields is not allowed. Exceptions: - Lawns and landscaping may be watered on any day, at any time, by handheld hose, drip irrigation, a soaker hose or tree bubbler. (The intent of this measure is to allow for the protection of structural foundations, trees, and other high value landscape materials.) - 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. - 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 that the property should be divided into sections to be irrigated on different days. If approved, no stations will be watered more than once per week. - Professional sports fields (playing fields within a stadium only - not surrounding landscaping) may be watered as needed to maintain league standards. - Discourage the filling, draining, or refilling of swimming pools, wading pools, hot tubs and Jacuzzi type pools except to maintain adequate water levels for structural integrity, proper operation and maintenance, and/or to alleviate an issue that poses a public safety risk. - Encourage the use of covers for all types of pools, hot tubs, and Jacuzzi type pools when not in use. City and Local Governments: • Continue or initiate any actions available under Stage 1. • Review conditions or problems that 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-essential 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 2.5 of the Fort Worth 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 10 Ordinance No.3309 Page 83 of 121 for so long as any part of their total water 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. • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will initiate weekly contact with wholesale water customers to discuss water supply and/or demand conditions and the possibility of pro rata curtailment of water diversions and/or deliveries. • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will request wholesale water customers to initiate mandatory measures to reduce non-essential water use (e.g., implement Stage 2 of the customer's drought contingency plan). • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will initiate preparations for the implementation of pro rata curtailment of water diversions and/or deliveries by preparing a monthly water usage allocation baseline for each wholesale customer according to the procedures specified in Section 4.5 of the Plan. • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will provide a weekly report to news media with information regarding current water supply and/or demand conditions, projected water supply and demand conditions if drought conditions persist, and consumer information on water conservation measures and practices. Commercial or Industrial: • All actions listed above for all water users apply to commercial and industrial users. • Use of water from fire hydrants for any purpose other than firefighting related activities or other activities necessary to maintain public health, safety and welfare requires approval from the Public Works Department. Fire hydrant use may be limited to only designated hydrants. Stage 3 — Emergency Water Use Triggering Conditions for Stage 3: • Water demand reaches or exceeds 98% 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% depleted) of conservation storage. • Water demand for all or part of the TRWD delivery system exceeds delivery capacity because delivery capacity is inadequate. 11 Ordinance No.3309 Page 84 of 121 • Water demand is projected to approach or 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 or 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 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 a greater water use reduction. 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 Fort 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. Variances may be granted for those landscape projects started prior to the initiation of Stage 3 drought restrictions. • Vehicle washing restricted to commercial car wash, commercial service station or 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 hosing of buildings or other structures for purpose other than fire protection or surface preparation prior to painting with high pressure equipment. Must be performed by a professional power washing service utilizing high efficiency equipment and a vacuum recovery system where possible. 12 Ordinance No.3309 Page 85 of 121 • 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: - Watering with handheld hose, soaker hose or drip irrigation system may occur on any day at any time. (The intent of this measure is to allow for the protection of structural foundations, trees, and other high value landscape materials.) - Foundations may be watered up to two hours on any day by handheld hose; or using 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. - 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 permitting of new swimming pools, Jacuzzi type pools, spas, ornamental ponds and fountain construction. Pools already permitted and under construction may be completely filled with water. • 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 Fort Worth imposes a reduction in water 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 2.5 of the Fort Worth 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 part of their total water 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. • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will contact wholesale water customers to discuss water supply and/or demand conditions and will request that wholesale water customers initiate additional mandatory measures to reduce non-essential water use (e.g., implement Stage 3 of the customer's drought contingency plan). 13 Ordinance No.3309 Page 86 of 121 • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will initiate pro rata curtailment of water diversions and/or deliveries for each wholesale customer according to the procedures specified in Section 4.5 of the Plan. • The City Manager, or his/her designee(s), will provide a weekly report to news media with information regarding current water supply and/or demand conditions, projected water supply and demand conditions if drought conditions persist, and consumer information on water conservation measures and practices. Commercial or Industrial: • All actions listed above for all water users apply to commercial and industrial users. • Hotels, restaurants, and bars required to serve drinking water to patrons on an "on demand" basis. • Hotels are required to implement laundry conservation measures by encouraging patrons to reuse their linens and towels. • Stock at commercial plant nursery may be watered only with a hand-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 welfare requires approval by the Public Works Department. Fire hydrant use may be limited to only designated hydrants. 4.5 PRO RATA WATER ALLOCATION In the event that the triggering criteria specified in Section 4.4 of the Plan for Stage 3 "Emergency Water Use" have been met, the City Manager is hereby authorized to initiate allocation of water supplies on a pro rata basis in accordance with Texas Water Code Section §11.039. This provision will be included in every wholesale water contract entered into or renewed after adoption of the Plan, including contract extensions. 4.6 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. 14 Ordinance No.3309 Page 87 of 121 4.7 ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCES In the event that the City would have to consider alternative water sources. The City would utilize five groundwater wells located within the City. The wells have the ability to produce 1.28 MGD at the well sites. Production from the groundwater well sites would not meet the demands for the City on a daily basis. Therefore alternative water sources would need to be obtained. These alternative water sources could include the following: • Purchasing potable water from neighboring cities. Currently the City has connections with the cities of Colleyville and Watauga for emergency use. • Purchasing potable water from vendor sources that deliver water from their distribution centers or facilities. 4.8 VARIANCE PROVISIONS The City Manager or his/her official designee may, in writing, grant temporary variance for 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, or fire protection for the public or the person requesting such variance and if one or more of the following conditions are met: • Failure to grant such a variance would cause emergency condition adversely affecting health, sanitation, or fire safety for the public or the person requesting the variance. • Compliance with the Plan cannot be accomplished due to technical or other 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 shall include the following: • Name and address of the petitioner(s). • Purpose of water use. • Specific provisions from which relief is requested. • Detailed statement of the adverse effect of the provision from which relief is requested. • Description of the relief requested. • Period of time for which the variance is sought. • Alternative measures that will be taken to reduce water use. • Other pertinent information. 15 Ordinance No.3309 Page 88 of 121 • Detailed schedule of reduction that shows a reduction in use over the 30 day period for new lawns and landscapes. Schedule should be designed so that at the end of the 30- day period, lawn and landscaped areas can adhere to the twice per week schedule defined in Stage 1. Variances granted by the City shall 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. 4.9 REVIEW AND UPDATE OF DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN As required by TCEQ rules, the City of North Richland Hills will review this drought contingency plan as required by the state, TCEQ, or per wholesale contracts and at least every five years from adoption of the Plan. The Plan will be updated as appropriate, based on new or updated information. 16 Ordinance No.3309 Page 89 of 121 APPENDIX A LETTER TO WHOLESALE CUSTOMER 17 Ordinance No.3309 Page 90 of 121 Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 16, 2014 City of Watauga Greg Vick, City Manager 7105 Whitley Rd. Watauga, TX 76148 RE: Watauga Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Management Plan Dear Mr. Vick: Please find accompanying this letter, the City of North Richland Hills' Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan that has been updated. As you are aware, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is requiring all municipalities over 3,300 in population to submit these documents. As the City of North Richland Hills' wholesale customer, the City of Watauga is required to implement a plan consistent with that developed by the City of North Richland Hills. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you need any additional information regarding this matter. Sincerely, rmy ates Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/shlpwl2014-014u Ordinance No.3309 Page 91 of 121 P.O.Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 7700 flirt(Fichar flr S * (R171 477-04tH * Fax/0171477-8444 APPENDIX B LETTERS TO: THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD 19 Ordinance No.3309 Page 92 of 121 Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 16, 2014 City of Fort Worth Frank Crumb, P.E. 1000 Throckmorton Fort Worth, TX 76102 RE: Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Management Plan Dear Mr. Crumb: Please find enclosed the City of North Richland Hills' Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan that has been updated. 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 B, Rule 288.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. In addition, as a wholesale customer of the City of Fort Worth, we have reviewed the City of Fort Worth's plan and feel our plan consistently reflects the goals and needs of the City of Fort Worth's plan. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you need any additional information regarding this matter. Respectfully, 4., (Jimmy Ca es Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-015u Ordinance No.3309 Page 93 of 121 P.O.Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 77(1(1 flint Fichar flr S * (R171477-644(1 * Fax(8171477-6444 } I-4 Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 16, 2014 Trinity River Authority Patricia Cleveland, Operations Manager P.O. Box 240 Arlington, TX 76004-0240 RE: Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Management Plan Dear Ms. Cleveland: Please find enclosed the City of North Richland Hills' Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan that has been updated. 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 B, Rule 288.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. 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 817-427-6464 if you need any additional information regarding this matter. Respectfully, immy Cates Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-016u Ordinance No.3309 Page 94 of 121 P.O.Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 77lr1 rlirk Fichar rlr * ($1171 d77-Fdd(1 * Fax(71171477-F444 1■1 H Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 16, 2014 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Kristin Wang, MC 160 P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087 RE: Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Management Plan Dear Ms. Wang: Please find enclosed the City of North Richland Hills' Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan that has been updated. 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 B, Rule 288.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. In addition, as a wholesale customer of both the City of Fort Worth and the Trinity River Authority, we have reviewed each entities plan and feel our plan consistently reflects the goals and needs of their plans. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you need any additional information regarding this matter. Respectfully, Jimmy Cate Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-017u Ordinance No.3309 Page 95 of 121 P.O. Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 79lf1 flir.k Pichar flr R * (M17\d97-Rddfl * Pay(S17\d97-Fiddd Nit. Public Works/Utilities CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS May 16, 2014 Texas Water Development Board Ethan Ham P.O. Box 13231 Austin, TX 78711 RE: Drought Contingency/Emergency Water Management Plan Dear Mr. Ham: Please find enclosed the City of North Richland Hills' Water Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Plan that has been updated. 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 B, Rule 288.20 and Rule 288.22, respectively. Please feel free to contact me at 817-427-6464 if you require any additional information regarding this matter. Respectfully, . _ A AA4 ► L�' .A irmmy Cates Public Works Operations Manager Enclosure JC/sh/pw12014-018u Ordinance No.3309 Page 96 of 121 P.O.Box 820609 * North Richland Hills, Texas * 76182-0609 7')nn n;.-I, •k.k nr c -Jr 1P171 d97_Rndn ,l- Pay/R171.4_97-AdAd APPENDIX C CITY ORDINANCE 24 Ordinance No.3309 Page 97 of 121 ORDINANCE NO. 3192 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 78-63 OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES; REVISING THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY AND EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN; ESTABLISHING THE AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN; AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF THE PLAN WITH THE TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ESTABLISHING PENALTIES, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, FOR SEVERABILITYAND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the regulations of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the "Commission") require that the City revise its currently adopted Drought Contingency and Emergency Water Management Plan; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 54 of the Texas Local Government Code, the City is authorized to adopt such ordinances necessary to preserve and conserve its water resources; and, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: Section 1: That Sec. 78-63 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to 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 violations. Any customer, as defined by Rule 288.2, Title 30, Chapter 288 Subchapter B, Texas Administrative Code, failing to comply with the provisions of the Plan shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor involving health and safety and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) and/or discontinuance of water service by the City. Each day a customer fails to comply with the Plan is a separate violation. The City may also seek injunctive or other civil relief for actual or threatened violations. Ordinance No.3192 Page 1 of 2 Ordinance No.3309 Page 98 of 121 (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 2: Severability. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and section of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section 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 phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. Section 3: The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption and penalty clauses of this ordinance as an alternative method of publication provided by law. Section 4: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately after passage. Section 5: The City Manager or his/her designee is hereby directed to file a copy of the plan and Ordinance with the Commission in accordance with Rule ■ 288.2, Title 30, Chapter 288 Subchapter B, Texas Administrative Code. PASS" 'I C'9u4PPROVED on this the 25th day of June, 2012. am j ; n y�' CITY fRTH LA■ • 0 ...� a Oscar Trevino, Mayor AToT°.....••s: ?-rnir:Uuinn*vp��\��f Patricia Hutson, City Secretary APP;•fi �l I, ti TO FORM AND LEGALITY: '44 � 1L L George A. Staple, City Attorney APPROVJJ ED AS TO CONTENT: Mike Curtis, P.E., Managing Director Ordinance No.3192 Page 2 of 2 Ordinance No.3309 Page 99 of 121 APPENDIX D EMERGENCY WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN IMPLEMENTATION Ordinance No.3309 27 Page 100 of 121 APPENDIX D Emergency Water Management Plan Implementation I. Authority It is the intent of this Plan to outline when and how to implement a water rationing plan. A. Ordinance No. 3046 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 OF RATIONING Any of the following entities can force implementation of a water rationing plan on the North Richland Hills customers: A. Tarrant Regional Water District (TRWD) The Tarrant Regional Water District is the wholesale raw water supplier for the City of Fort Worth (FW) and the Trinity River Authority (TRA). The raw water pump stations and pipelines may develop problems which could limit raw water supply to FW or TRA. If the TRWD imposes a rationing plan on its wholesale customers, it is the intent of the City to impose an equal or more restrictive plan. B. City of Fort 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 (TRA): 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 28 Ordinance No.3309 Page 101 of 121 City Manager, the designated acting City Manager will also be the acting Water Rationing Coordinator. The following 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 (WR) Team Meeting: Once a water rationing notification from TRWD, Fort Worth, or 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 at City Hall unless designated otherwise 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 IV. NOTIFICATION OF INITIATION OF RATIONING A. City Staff Notifying City employees is the Public Information Officer's responsibility. 1. Computer Network System: All 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 Ordinance No.3309 29 Page 102 of 121 clearly what has caused the rationing, what is the plan to be implemented, when will 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 postings with content identical to the e-mail message. B. Customers 1. News Release: The Public Information Officer with assistance from the Public Works Department will 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 TV 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 lettering • 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 locations for signs will determine placement. Ordinance No.3309 30 Page 103 of 121 4. Birdville Independent School District (BISD) and Tarrant County College (TCC) Marquees: The Public Information Officer will coordinate with BISD 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 for recording a message on the Utility Service Department telephone line 817-427-6200 for activation after working hours. The message will state the water rationing 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 Police Dispatch at 817-427- 7191. All messages left will be handled by the Utility Service Manager's staff. 6. Leaflets: • Use of leaflets will be determined at initial WR Team Meeting. Public Works 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 to 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 No 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 be responsible for formally contacting the City of Watauga. This will be done by electronic mail or fax. The email or a fax will be directed to the City Manager, Public Works Director, and Police Dispatch. It will contain 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. Ordinance No.3309 31 Page 104 of 121 V. NOTIFICATION OF END OF RATIONING The notification to all employees, customers, and the City of Watauga concerning the end of the water rationing plan will be in the same manner as notification of the Plan being put into effect. The exception to this will be the water rationing signs will be removed to indicate the end of the rationing plan. 32 Ordinance No.3309 Page 105 of 121 APPENDIX E KEY CITY OFFICIALS CONTACT NUMBERS Ordinance No.3309 33 Page 106 of 121 APPENDIX E Key City Officials' Contact Numbers CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS NAME/TITLE - CONTACT NUMBER Mark Hindman, City Manager 817-427-6007 Mike Curtis, Managing Director of Development Services 817-427-6401 Jimmy Cates, Public Works Operations Manager 817-427-6464 Alan Knapp, Public Works Utility Superintendent 817-427-6452 Mary Peters, Public Information Officer 817-427-6005 CITY OF WATAUGA NAME/TITLE CONTACT NUMBER Greg Vick, City Manager 817-514-5800 Keith Miertschin, Director of Public Works 817-514-5837 Brandon Dupree, Public Works Utility Superintendent 817-514-5851 Ordinance No.3309 34 Page 107 of 121 APPENDIX F WATER SAVING METHODS Ordinance No.3309 35 Page 108 of 121 APPENDIX F Water Saving Methods that can be practiced by the individual water user In-home water use accounts for 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 below. A. Bathroom • Take a shower instead of filling the tub and taking a bath. Showers usually use less water than tub baths. • Install a low-flow shower head which restricts the quantity of flow at 60 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 or two inches if a shower is not available. • Turn water off when brushing teeth until it is time to rinse. • Do not let the water run when washing hands. Instead, hands should be wet, and water should be turned off while soaping and scrubbing and turned on again to rinse. A cut off valve may also be installed on 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. • Hold 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. A one-gallon plastic milk bottle can be filled with stones or with water, recapped, and placed in the toilet tank. This will reduce the amount of water in the tank but still provide enough for flushing. Bricks, which some people use for this purpose are not recommended since they crumble eventually and could damage the working mechanism, necessitating a 36 Ordinance No.3309 Page 109 of 121 • call to the plumber. Displacement devices should never be used with new low- volume flush toilets. • Install faucet aerators 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 on a kitchen counter to avoid opening the refrigerator door frequently. • Use a small pan of cold water when cleaning vegetables rather than letting the faucet run. • Use only a little water in the pot and put a lid on it for cooking most food. Not only does this method save water, but 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. Appliances/Water Fixtures • Check water requirements of various models and brands when considering purchasing any new appliance that uses water. Some use less water than others. 37 Ordinance No.3309 Page 110 of 121 • 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 slow 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, cost is very little, and can represent a substantial amount saved in plumbing and water bills. • Check for water leakage that the customer may be entirely unaware of, such as a leak between the water meter and the house. To check, all indoor and outdoor faucets should be turned 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 cooled 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. • Turn 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 soil with compost before planting grass for flower beds so that the water will soak in rather than run off. • Fertilize lawns at least twice a year for root stimulation. Grass with a good root system makes better use of less water. • Learn to 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. Too much water can overload the soil so that air cannot get to the roots and can encourage plant diseases. • Do not over-water. Soil 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 will do. An inch of water applied once a week will keep most Texas grasses alive and healthy. 38 Ordinance No.3309 Page 111 of 121 • 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 hot weather. Taller grass holds moisture better. Rather, grass should be cut fairly often, so that only 1/2 to 1/4 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 arid or semi-arid climates should be chosen. • Consider decorating areas of the lawn 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. 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Snpu| pueie|�OWWOQ 4 4� Ordinance No.ag Page 121 of 121 INVOICE Star-Telegram Customer ID: CIT13 808 Throckmorton St. Invoice Number: 330804771 FORT WORTH,TX 76102 (817)390-7761 Invoice Date: 7/22/2014 Federal Tax ID 26-2674582 Terms: Net due in 21 days Due Date: 7/31/2014 Bill To: PO Number: CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS/SE PO BOX 820609 Order Number: 33080477 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76182- Sales Rep: 073 Description: CITY OF NORTH RI Attn:STACEY HARRISON Publication Dates: 7/21/2014-7/22/2014 „ „ Location Col Depth Linage MU Rate Amount CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CITY OF N ORDINANCE No. 3309 13580 I 41 41 LINE $0.80 $65.60 An ordinance amending Section 78-61 of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances to revise the water rationing schedule to reflect New Water Rationing Plans; adopting a 2014 Water Conservation Plan and a 2014 Drought Contingency and Net Amount: $65.60 Emergency Water Management Plan providing a severability clause; providing a penalty for violations; providing for publication; and pro- viding an effective date. (c) Penalty for violations. Any customer,as defined by Rule 288.2, Title 30, Chapter 288 Subchapter B, Texas Administrative Code, failing to comply with the provi- sions of the plan shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor involving health and safety and shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $2,000.00 and/or discontinuance of water service by the city.Each day a customer fails to comply with the plan is a separate violation. CHRISTY LYNNE HOLLAND The city may also seek injunctive J`1rR:.°�a% or other civil relief for actual or ?R `' Notary Public,State of Texas threatened violations. i.,2 My Commission Expires Passed and Approved on this 14th , �. day of July, 2014. '.;; .1‘; July 31, 2016 THE STATE /s/Oscar Trevino Count of T; Or Trevino - Mayor Y ATscaTEST: /s/Alicia Richardson Before me,; Alicia Richardson - City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND)unty and State,this day personally appeared Deborah Baylor,Bid and Legal Coordinator for the Star- Telegram,p LEGALITY: :c.at Fort Worth,in Tarrant County,Texas;and who,after being duly sworn,did depose and say that the attached ch George se pleslesCity Attorney Iblished in the ove named paper on the listed dates:BIDS&LEGAL DEPT. STAR TELEGRAM (817)390-7 0s Signed \ • Q SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME,THIS Thursday,J 3 21/. Notary Public � i - ..1//.>l 41110 VA �l // 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: 330804771 Invoice Amount: $65.60 PO Number: Amount Enclosed: $