09 - 2019 Drought Contingency Water Conservation Plan

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square miles; Pat Mayse Lake and Lake Crook are the water sources; Pumping capacity is 42 MGD; Treatment capacity is 36 MGD; Storage capacity is 14.5 million gallons; Wastewater treatment capacity is 7.25 MGD; Annual water reuse volume is between 5 and 17 million gallons. A completed Utility Profile for Retail Water Suppliers that includes information regarding population and customer data, water use data, water supply system data, and wastewater system data for the City of Paris will besubmitted with this Plan to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Water Development Board. Sec. 34-165Water Conservation Goals Due to the level of industrial use of water in the city, the total gallons per customer per day (GPCD)metric is disproportionate and largely not influenced by residential water use. The level of industrial use is independent of population, climate and behavioral factors and instead based primarily upon the economic drivers of the individual industries. Asa result, meaningful five (5) and ten (10) year conservation goals for total GPCD are not practical to obtain and are solely dependent upon industrial demands. The total GPCD for the City in 2018 was four hundred ninety- nine (499). Residential use from 2014 to2018 averaged fifty-one (51) GPCD, a value that is well below the residential GPCDs of most public water suppliers in the state. The goals for the City are based upon guidance from the State of Texas Water Conservation Implementation Task force of 2004, which suggested a 0.5% reduction in usage per year. The City’s five (5) year goals are four hundred forty-three (443) for total GPCD and fifty (50) for residential GPCD. The City’s ten (10) year goals are four hundred thirty-two (432) for total GPCD and forty-nine (49) for residential GPCD. Sec. 34-166Water Conservation Public Education The City of Paris conducts ongoing public and wholesale customer education through periodic distribution of water conservation brochures and information; providing water conservation brochures and materials at the Department of Utilities administration office and other public places; informational presentations conducted by City staff to local organizations, schools and civic groups; providing information to localmedia outlets, e.g. the local newspaper, television and radio outlets; posting water conservation information on the City website; and providing water conservation information to applicants for new service. Sec. 34-167Metering Devices The City of Parismeters 100% of water used for residential, industrial, commercial and institutional accounts. Meters are tested upon customer request and in conjunction with the City’s meter testing, repair and replacement program master meters are tested and calibratedannually to within an accuracy of plus or minus 5%; meters larger than 3” are tested and calibrated annually in accordance with AWWA standards; meters are routinely replaced based upon the age of the meter or abnormally high or low water usage readings; all new meters are touch read or automatic reading; inactive accounts are identified on a monthly basis and are inspected periodically for illegal connections; abandoned meters are removed. Page 16of 19