09 - 2019 Drought Contingency Water Conservation Plan

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(k)Person. A term including individuals, corporations, partnerships, associations, companies, organizations, or other legal entity. (l)Retail Water Customer. A water customer of the City of Paris (as that person is defined herein) that utilizes the water purchased from the City for its own purposes and does not supply water to another person or entity for resale for human consumption. (m) Wholesale Water Customer. Any individual, corporation, partnership, association, person, company, or organization purchasing or using water supplied by the City of Paris, Texas, that, in return for compensation, supplies water to anotherperson or entity for resale for human consumption. The term does not include a person or entity that supplies water to itself or its employees or tenants as an incident of that employee’s service or tenancy when that water is not resold to or used by others. For the purposes of this Article, the word “customer” and the phrase “wholesale water customer” will have the same meaning. Sec. 34-157Criteria for Initiation and Termination of Drought Response Stages (a) General.The City Manager or designee will monitor water supply and/or demand conditions to determine when conditions warrant initiation or termination of each stage of the Plan. The City Manager or designee may decide not to order the implementation or termination of a drought response stage or water emergency even though one or more of the trigger events for a stage are met. Factors that could influence such a decision include, but are not limited to, the time of year, weather conditions, the anticipation of replenished water supplies, or the anticipation of potential changed conditions that warrant the continuation of the drought stage. The triggering criteria and responses described below are based on analysis of rainfall data, lake capacities, historical drought conditions, and information from the Drought Contingency Plan for Lake Crook and Pat Mayse Lake and as prepared by the Department of the Army, Tulsa District of the Corps of Engineers. The USGS and Corps of Engineers electronically monitor levels in Lake Crook and Pat Mayse Lake, respectively. Page 5of 19