02-11-15 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Area Water Authority

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b. Visual inspections by utility employees who keep a constant watch out for abnormal conditions indicating leaks or illegal connections. c. Visual inspections of storm water outfalls are conducted during periods of dry weather to locate leaks that may be entering storm drain systems. Maintaining an adequate maintenance staff, inventory of repair parts and equipment necessary to repair any leaks. e. An annual water accounting or audit is considered be part of the program. Sources of water loss, once located, are immediately corrected. Data from the audit is used to monitor and evaluate system conditions. RECYCLINGIREUSE The City of La Porte is the only entity within the La Porte Area Water Authority with a major capability of reuse and recycling of treated effluent. Current use includes the recycling of approximate one million gallons per month at the La Porte Wastewater Treatment Plant used in process water, belt press operation and washdown. Additionally, as indicated above, recycled water is made available and used by the La Porte Municipal Golf Course and the Little Cedar Bayou Park for irrigation purposes. The amount will vary of course during seasonal and various weathers. Morgan's Point utilizes reuse for process water at their wastewater plant. No recycling or reuse is anticipated for Shoreacres at this time. H. RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM The La Porte Area Water Authority maintains a records management system to monitor and track customer account information and usage data for deliveries and sales. The data for water produced is monitored and recorded to enable accurate tracking of monthly or daily water usage. Water loss form the transmission system is monitored on a monthly schedule. The La Porte Area Water Authority does not operate a surface water reservoir. Therefore an operations plan is not a component of this water conservation plan. IMPLEMENTATION 1 ENFORCEMENT The General Manager of the La Porte Area Water Authority acts as the Administrator of the Water Conservation Program. The Administrator oversees the execution and implementation of all elements of the program. He is also responsible to oversee the keeping of adequate records for program verification. Each entity is responsible for furnishing all information needed and requested by the Authority. The program will be enforced through adoption of the Water Conservation Plan by Ordinance or Resolution. The Ordinances and Resolution are found in Appendix C. In addition, the entities of the La Porte Area Water Authority have adopted a water conserving plumbing code. The appropriate plumbing code listings are found in Appendix D. 11