06-27-11 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Clean Drought Contingency Plan- La Porte June 2011 Updatedoc (3).docx c. Severe Condition Goal - To achieve a 25 percent reduction in daily water use. d. Critical Condition Goal To achieve a 30 percent reduction in daily water use. E. INFORMATION /EDUCATION As a component of the Information /Education section in the Water Conservation Plan, the purpose and effect of the Drought Contingency Plan will be communicated to the public through an article or notice in the Bay Area Observer, City of La Porte website(s), and other media outlets such as email, text, social media, public access television station, or programmed phone alerts regularly* utilized by the City of La Porte. Throughout the period of a trigger condition, regular updates will appear in the various media outlets to explain and educate the public on the purpose, cause, and methods of conservation for that condition. F. IMPLEMENTATION /ENFORCMENT The plan shall be implemented by Ordinance of the City Council of the city* of La Porte. Included in the adoption instrument will be individual trigger conditions for the city*. A copy* of the adoption vehicle is found in Appendix B. It will be the responsibility* of the City of La Porte Public Works Director to monitor, through the utility* department, the status of the water supply* and distribution system. When a trigger condition is reached, the Public Works Director will notifi- the public through its information program, of the implementation of the Drought Contingency* Plan. The Public Works Director will continue to monitor the water emergency* until it is determined that the trigger condition no longer exists. When this takes place, the Public Works Director will notifi- the public of such, and the Drought Condition Abatement procedures will be implemented. G. UPDATE OF TRIGGER CONDITIONS Once a year, the City will examine the production requirements and ability* to maintain these requirements to determine if trigger conditions need to be reestablished. Consideration should be given to the cityT's usage in relation to the aggregate usage, and any anticipated increase in production at the Southeast Water Purification Plant. Page 5 of 5