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(1) Variances granted will include a timetable for compliance. <br />(2) Variances granted will expire when the Plan is no longer in effect, unless the petitioner <br />has failed to meet specified requirements. <br />(d) No variance will be retroactive or otherwise justify any violation of this Plan occurring prior <br />to the issuance of the variance. <br />Sec. 12.06.044—Sec. 12.06.070. (Reserved) <br />DIVISION THREE – Water Conservation Plan <br />Sec. 12.06.071 -Purpose <br />Water conservation is a strategy or combination of strategies for reducing the volume of <br />water withdrawn from a water supply source, reducing loss or waste of water, maintaining or <br />improving the efficiency of water use, increasing the recycling and reuse of water, and preventing <br />the pollution of water. <br />Sec. 12.06.072 -Introduction <br />The City of Paris is located in Lamar County, Texas. The residential population was <br />twenty-four thousand four hundred and seven (24,407) in 2023. Currently the City of Paris serves <br />ten thousand six hundred and twenty (10,620) connections. The City also provides water to two <br />(2) wholesale customers; Lamar County Water Supply District and Marvin -Jennings -Clardy Water <br />Supply Corporation. <br />The source of water for the City of Paris is 100% surface water from Pat Mayse Lake and <br />Lake Crook. The City maintains Certificates of Adjudication, Nos. 4640 and 4943, for water rights <br />from Pat Mayse Lake and Lake Crook totaling 37,000 acre-feet per year for municipal purposes <br />and 36,610 acre-feet per year for industrial purposes. The priority dates are November 5, 1964 <br />and May 31, 1922 respectively. <br />Water is treated by the City's water treatment plant originally built in 1967 and expanded <br />in 1995. The plant has a treatment capacity of 36 million gallons per day (MGD). The City has a <br />total of 14.5 million gallons of potable water storage capacity, with 4 million gallons of the total <br />capacity contained in elevated storage. <br />Industrial is the primary retail water use for the City. In 2023, nearly eighty-two (82) <br />percent of retail water metered was for industrial use. Single-family residential use accounted for <br />nine (9) percent, commercial use was five (5) percent, agricultural use was less than one (<1) <br />percent, multi -family use was two (2) percent, and institutional use was one (1) percent of water <br />use in 2023. <br />Page 15 of 20 <br />