03-09-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Revised 2014 E. TRIGGER CONDITIONS The La Porte Area Water Authority is the contracting party with the City of Houston Southeast Water Purification Plant. The General Manager of the La Porte Area Water Authority or his/her designee shall monitor water supply and demand conditions on a weekly basis and shall determine when conditions warrant initiation or termination of each stage of the Plan. The General Manager will then notify each entity through its Chief Executive Officer. The trigger conditions described below reflect system capacity limits and will be measured as one system, rather than individual triggers for each entity. Production amounts are based on a seven (7) day average daily demand. 1. Mild Conditions (Stage 1) a. Surface water demand approaching 6,825,000 gallons/day (70% of the pumping capacity owned by the Authority at the Southeast Water Purification Plant). Or, b. Production at the Southeast Water Purification Plant reduced to a point such that the aggregate surface water demand of the Authority is 70% of the reduced pumping capacity. c. Stage 1 may be rescinded when the trigger conditions have ceased to exist. Rescinding any level of the Plan is at the discretion of the General Manager. 2. Moderate Conditions (Stage 2 a. Surface water demand approaching 7,800,000 gallons/day (80% of the pumping capacity owned by the Authority at the Southeast Water Purification Plant). Or, b. Production at the Southeast Water Purification Plant reduced to a point that the aggregate demand of the Authority is 80% of the reduced pumping capacity. c. Stage 2 may be rescinded when the trigger conditions have ceased to exist. Upon termination of Stage 2, Stage 1 becomes operative. Rescinding any level of the Plan is at the discretion of the General Manager. 3. Severe Conditions (Stage 3) a. Surface water demand approaching 8,775,000 gallons/day (90% of the pumping capacity owned by the Authority at the Southeast Water Purification Plant). Or, 4