The city secretary or the designated representative shall have the authority to institute and terminate the excess water use charge pursuant to the terms and conditions in the plan.
(Ordinance adopted 4/20/1993, sec. 2)
The city secretary or the designated representative is the designated official for implementation of drought restrictions when the trigger conditions as delineated in the plan are reached.
(Ordinance adopted 4/20/1993, sec. 3)
Users of city water that do not comply with the plan shall be subject to a penalty and fine in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code for each day of noncompliance, to be established by the city secretary or the designated representative, and/or disconnection or discontinuance of water services to such users by the city.
(Ordinance adopted 4/20/1993, sec. 4; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
The water distribution system and wastewater collection system in the city are owned and operated by the city. Raw water is obtained from the Trinity Aquifer groundwater system through wells. No treatment of the water supplies is required prior to distribution, other than chlorination. The wastewater treatment facility is located on the east side of the city and is also owned and operated by the city.
(b) 
The city has experienced only small growth over several decades. While water demand has not greatly increased, water availability is steadily decreasing. The Trinity Aquifer system is over-pumped and static water levels in the city’s four operational wells have declined at an average rate of 16 feet per year over the past two decades. Since this trend is expected to continue into the foreseeable future, the city must take action to conserve the resource and examine alternative sources for future water supplies.
(c) 
This plan outlines the city’s proposed water conservation and drought contingency program. The objective of the water conservation program is to reduce the quantity of potable water necessary for every waste [water] consumption activity, inasmuch as practical, through the implementation of efficient water use practices. The drought contingency program provides procedures for enforcing voluntary and mandatory actions to be placed into effect, on a temporary basis, aimed at reducing the demand placed upon the city’s water supply system during a water shortage emergency. Drought contingency procedures include conservation but may also include prohibition of certain undesirable or noncritical uses. Both programs are tools at the city’s disposal which allow for effective utilization of the area’s water resources. While the acquisition of a dependable and renewable water supply, such as a surface water source, may reduce the need for these programs, the cost of developing such a source may bring about a new list of benefits for the program. In the meantime, the city will be faced with potentially crippling water shortages without establishment of an effective program.
(Ordinance adopted 4/20/1993, ex. A, art. I, sec. A)
(a) 
The city is located in northern McLennan County approximately 15 miles north of the City of Waco on I-35. The city has a population of 2,515 persons. The water and sewer systems serve mainly the residents of the city with a few water connections extending to rural customers outside the corporate limits of the city.
(b) 
As previously stated, declining static water levels in the city’s wells necessitate the establishment of the program to extend the life of the resource. Declining water levels in the wells require the city’s cost of pumping to increase while the quantity of water available decreases. While the city’s problems must ultimately be addressed through construction of a dependable, renewable surface water supply, the immediate problem can only be relieved through reducing water demand. The program will extend the life of the current supply providing the city with additional time in which to establish a more dependable supply, and reduce long-term consumption thereby making the new source less costly through better management of the resource.
(Ordinance adopted 4/20/1993, ex. A, art. I, sec. B)
(a) 
It is the goal of the water conservation program to achieve at least a 5 percent reduction in per capita usage in water consumption. The savings will also provide a similar reduction of flows received at the wastewater treatment facilities. The reduction in demand will reduce the quantity of water supplies required for the future, lower the peak demand requirements of the distribution system, and reduce loadings at the wastewater treatment facilities.
(b) 
Another goal of this program is to increase the percentage delivery rate of water (from wellhead to metered connection) to 85 percent.
(Ordinance adopted 4/20/1993, ex. A, art. I, sec. C)
A detailed summary of utility evaluation data is included in attachment A to the plan.
(Ordinance adopted 4/20/1993, ex. A, art. I, sec. D)