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"Sec.34-176 Definitions <br />For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply: <br />(a) Customer or wholesale water customer. Any individual, corporarion, <br />partnership, association, person, company, or organization purchasing or using <br />water supplied by the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, that, in return for compensation, <br />supplies water to another person or entity for resale for human consumption. The <br />term does not include a person or entity that supplies water to itself or its <br />employees or tenants as an incident of that employee's service or tenancy when that <br />water is not resold to or used by others. For the purposes of this Article, the word <br />"customer" and the phrase "wholesale water customer" shall have the same <br />meaning. <br />(b) Person. A term including individuals, corporations, partnerships, <br />associations, companies, organizations, or other legal entities. <br />"Sec. 34-177Triggering Criteria for Initiation and Termination <br />of Drought Response Stages <br />(a) General <br />The City Manager, or his authorized designee, will monitor water supply <br />and/or demand conditions on a monthly basis and shall determine when conditions <br />warrant initiation or termination of each stage of the Plan. Customer notification of <br />the initiation or termination of drought response stages will be made by mail or <br />telephone. The news media will also be informed. The triggering criteria described <br />below are based on rainfall data, lake capacity information on the internet, and <br />historical drought conditions. <br />(b) Stage 1- Mild Water Shortage Conditions <br />(1) Requirements for initiation - The City of Paris will recognize that a <br />mild water shortage condition exists when: <br />a. The water supply available to the City of Paris is equal to or less <br />than eighty percent (80%) of the Conservation pool at Pat <br />Mayse; or <br />b. Total daily water demand equals or exceeds thirty (30) million <br />gallons for seven (7) days or thirty-six (36) million gallons for <br />three consecutive days; or <br />c. Continually falling treated water reservoir levels which do not <br />refill above eighty percent (80%) overnight. <br />(2) Requirements for termination - Stage 1 of the Plan may be rescinded <br />when all of the conditions listed as triggering events have ceased to <br />21 <br /> <br />