Section 19-11-5 Water Resource Status Level Descriptions
A. Water resource status levels provide comparisons between water demands and safe water production capabilities of the Clarkdale Municipal Water Utility at a given point in time.
B. Resource status levels may trigger the implementation of demand reduction strategies, the violation of which may result in surcharges being added to a Town of Clarkdale Municipal Water Facility user’s utility bill, as further provided in Section 19-11-9, Violations, Warnings, Surcharges.
1. Water Resource Status Level Descriptions.
a. Resource Status Level I. Resource Status Level I is in effect at times when water demand exceeds safe production capability for five (5) consecutive days and/or during the months of may, June, July, August and September.
b. Resource Status Level II. Resource Status Level II is in effect when water demand exceeds safe production capability by more than twenty percent (20%).
c. Resource Status Level III. Resource Status Level III is in effect when water demand exceeds maximum production capability, when a temporary or permanent failure of any major supply or distribution facility occurs in the water distribution system, or when the amount of water in storage may impair fire protection for the Town. [Ordinance #383, 2017; Resolution #1538, 2017; prior code § 19-11-5.]