The city council hereby approves and adopts as the City’s Water Conservation Plan, and the Water Conservation/Drought Contingency Plan, as retained on file in the office of the city secretary, to be included in full as a part of this article as if recited verbatim herein. The city commits to implement the program according to the procedures set forth in the adopted plan.
(Ordinance 426, adopted 11/1/93, Section 1)
The city shall report to the Texas Water Development Board annually on the implementation and effectiveness of the Plan in accordance with the outline set forth in the Plan.
(Ordinance 426, adopted 11/1/93, Section 2)
(a) 
In regards to implementation and enforcement of the Conservation/Drought Contingency Plan the city manager is designated as the official responsible for implementation and enforcement, and the following guidelines are adopted:
(1) 
Mild drought occurs when:
(A) 
Average daily water consumption reaches 90% of production capacity, and
(B) 
Consumption at 90% of production capacity has existed for a period of three (3) days, and
(C) 
Long, cold, or dry weather periods are predicted.
(2) 
Moderate drought conditions are reached when:
(A) 
Average daily water consumption reaches 100% of rated production capacity for a three-day period.
(B) 
Weather forecasts indicate mild drought conditions will exist five (5) days or more.
(C) 
One (1) ground storage tank, one (1) elevated storage tank, or one (1) clear well is taken out of service during mild drought period.
(D) 
Storage water level is not being maintained during period of 100% rated production period.
(E) 
Existence of any one (1) listed condition for a duration of 36 hours.
(3) 
Severe drought classification is reached when:
(A) 
Average daily water consumption reaches 110% of production capacity.
(B) 
Average daily water consumption will not enable storage levels to be maintained.
(C) 
System demand exceeds available high service pump capacity.
(D) 
Any two (2) conditions listed in moderate drought classification occurs at the same time for a 24-hour period.
(E) 
Water system is contaminated either accidentally or intentionally. Severe condition is reached immediately upon detection.
(F) 
Water system fails - from acts of God (tornadoes, hurricanes) or man. Severe condition is reached immediately upon detection.
(b) 
In the event severe classification conditions persist (Item 3 above) for an extended period of time, the city may ration water usage and/or terminate service to selected users of the system in accordance with the following sequence: 1) recreational users, 2) commercial users, 3) industrial users, 4) school users, 5) residential users, 6) hospitals, public health and safety facilities.
(Ordinance 426, adopted 11/1/93, Section 3)
Users of city water except the city, that do not comply with Section 11.403 of this article shall be subject to a penalty and fine in accordance with the general penalty provision found in Section 1.106 of this code.
(Ordinance 426, adopted 11/1/93, Section 4)