2009-115-RES-Adopting a revised water conservation plan for the City of Paris

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as mulching and watering at the proper times of the day also reduce costs. There are measures easily performed by any homeowner and the City of Paris will seek new ways to bring these vaiuable ~vater saving tips to the customers. 6. Plumbing Retrofit: Subchapter G. (Water Saving Performance Standards) of Chapter 290 of Title 30 of the Texas Administrative Code establishes water efficiency standards for faucets, lavatories, shower beads, drink-ing water fountains, toilets and other plumbing fixtures. No person may selt, offer for sale, distribute or import into the state of Texas any fixture not meeting these standards. No state licensed plumber may install any fixture not meeting these standards. The City of Paris Building Inspector strictly enforces the state law concerning these water saving fixtures for all new installations with the City. Additionally, the Building Inspector, as well as most licensed plumbers worl:ing in the City, routinely attends periodic workshops informing them of new fixtures meeting the standard added to the list and the de-listing of those that may no longer qualify. 7. Recycling and Reuse: Through the Industrial Pretreatment Program, the City of Paris works with large high water demand industries to find ways to reduce water use and corresponding wastewater discharge through various Pollution Prevention (P2) activities. Most industries with cooling towers have installed closed-loop systems resulting in no wastewater discharge and only require make-up water lost to evaporation. This one activity of installing closed-loop systems (recycling) has resulted in a dramatic decrease in water demand for these larbe users. This is only one example of many water saving measures implemented by the larger users. These types of activities will continue and further options for recycle and reuse will be pursued. Many cities currently reduce municipal water demand by reuse af treated wastewater effluent for irrigation of city parks and other facilities. Due to location of the City of Paris Wastewater Treatment Plant (6 miles north of the City), it is not.currently economically feasible to consider reuse of effluent for municipal purposes. Effluent is reused however, for irribation of agricultural land by a state-approved diversion permit. The Wastewater Treatment Plant also uses treated effluent as plant wash down water thus reducing the demand for potable water for this purpose. The Water Treatment Plant practices recycle and reuse by returning filter backwash water for reprocessing. This water is metered and returned to the head of the plant and mixed with raw water for treatment. 8. Water Use Auditing: The City of Paris Utilities Department receives monthly reports of water sales volumes from the Billing Office. These volumes are compared to metered raw and treated water volumes to track lost or unaccounted for water. This is the initial phase of early identifieation of lost water and corrective measures are pursued accordingly. Water sales are further tracked by user type as residential, commercial, industrial and wholesale as 5