2014-007 Adopting a revised consolidated water conservation/drought contingency plan

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however there is an application pending with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to authorize agricultural use for sale to Daisy Farms. The City's billing software combines commercial and multi - family residential use. Sec. 34 -164 Utility Profile The Certificate of Convenience and Necessity No. for the City of Paris is 10480; The Public Water Supply No. is 1390002; The Texas Water Development Board Regional Water Planning Group is Region D; The utility is located in Lamar County, Texas; The service area covers 38.12 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 be submitted with this Plan to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Texas Water Development Board. Sec. 34 -165 Water Conservation Goals Due to the level of industrial use of water in the City of Paris, 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. As a result, meaningful 5 and 10 -year conservation goals for total GPCD are not possible to obtain. The total GPCD for 2009 was 381; 2010 was 417; 2011 was 402; 2012 was 431; and 2013 was 427. Despite multi - family water use being combined with commercial use in the City's billing system the level of single- family residential use in the City of Paris, between 49 and 63 GPCD, is already well below the combined single and multi - family GPCDs of most public water suppliers in Texas. As a result, there is less potential for water savings, which includes water restrictions, at the residential level than would be seen in a typical water system in Texas. Residential GPCD in 2009 was 49; 2010 was 55; 2010 was 63; 2012 was 56; and 2013 was 54. The residential GPCD goal for 2014 is 55; 2019 is 53; and 2024 is 50. Sec. 34 -166 Water 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 local media 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. Page 16 of 20