Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
A Phase I Moderate Water Shortage is a Water Shortage where
at least two Drought Indicators have a moderate value. The following measures
shall be in effect when the District declares a Phase I Water Shortage, unless
otherwise provided in the implementing order.
(1) Essential Uses.
(a) The use of water for firefighting and
health or medical purposes will not be restricted.
(b) Fire hydrant testing will not be
restricted.
(c) The use of water
for maintenance of fire fighting facilities and emergency equipment is allowed
as needed. This maintenance specifically includes the washing of fire engines,
law enforcement vehicles, and other emergency Mobile Equipment.
(d) The use of water for medical purposes and
protection of public health, safety, and welfare will not be
restricted.
(2) Indoor
Uses.
(a) All Indoor Water Use should be
voluntarily reduced.
(b) Indoor use
in commercial, industrial, or institutional establishments should be
voluntarily reduced.
(3)
Public Supply Uses.
(a) All Public Supply
water use should be voluntarily reduced and each Public Supply consumptive use
permittee shall review its current water conservation plan to ensure that the
plan elements have been fully implemented in accordance with the permit
conditions and to determine what additional demand management measures could be
reasonably employed, should resource conditions further deteriorate.
(b) Each Public Supply water utility should
institute or accelerate other water conservation efforts which can help manage
demand during the Water Shortage declaration. These efforts should include:
1. Customer messaging for all customers that
informs customers about the current Water Shortage declaration, describes how
the water utility's primary and back-up water supplies are affected by the
declaration and the resource or supply conditions that led to the declaration,
and promotes any ongoing water conservation projects offered by the water
utility that would assist customers in their efforts to immediately reduce
water consumption.
2. Review and
refinement, as necessary, of water utility operational practices regarding
water pressure and line flushing to identify and implement any opportunities
that would reduce water demand without causing adverse impacts to public
health, welfare, and safety.
(4) Commercial/Industrial/Institutional Uses.
All Commercial/Industrial/Institutional water use should be
voluntarily reduced and each Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional
consumptive use permittee shall review its current water conservation plan to
ensure that the plan elements have been fully implemented in accordance with
the permit conditions and to determine what additional demand management
measures could be reasonably employed, should resource conditions further
deteriorate.
(5) Agriculture
Uses. All Agricultural water use should be voluntarily reduced and each
Consumptive Use Permittee shall review its current water conservation plan to
ensure that the plan elements have been fully implemented in accordance with
the permit conditions and to determine what additional demand management
measures could be reasonably employed, should resource conditions further
deteriorate.
(6)
Landscape/Recreation/Aesthetic Uses.
(a) All
Landscape/Recreation/Aesthetic water use should be voluntarily reduced and each
consumptive use permittee shall review its current water conservation plan to
ensure that the plan elements have been fully implemented in accordance with
the permit conditions and to determine what additional demand management
measures could be reasonably employed, should resource conditions further
deteriorate.
(b) All Landscape
Irrigation, should be voluntarily reduced and each property owner or manager
should prepare for possible worsening conditions.
(c) All cemetery, golf course, athletic
field, water-based recreational area, and aesthetic water use should be
voluntarily reduced and each property owner or manager should prepare for
possible worsening conditions.
Rulemaking Authority
373.044,
373.113 FS. Law Implemented
373.175,
373.246
FS.
New 1-1-84, Amended
8-23-18.
