Water Management Plan From Implementation to Enforcement
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- 1. Water Management Plan From Implementa3on to Enforcement Central Texas Water Conserva3on Symposium February 26, 2013
- 2. Frisco, Texas Denton and Collin County 70 square miles 25 miles northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
- 3. Popula3on 300,000 2013 130,000 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2050
- 4. North Texas Municipal Water District Service Area • 1.7 million people • 49 Customer Ci3es, Towns, and Water Supply Corpora3ons • 13 Member Ci3es Allen, Farmersville, Forney, Frisco, Garland, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano, Princeton, Richardson, Rockwall, Royse City, Wylie
- 5. NTMWD Water Supply Reservoirs
- 6. Plan Considera3ons • Simple • Understandable • Enforceable • Consistent
- 7. Water Management Plan Water Conserva3on – Frisco Based – Water Efficiency Plan (Year Round) – Daylight Saving Time – Emergency Service Levels I and II Drought Con3ngency – NTMWD Based – Stage 1 : Voluntary – 2% ReducLon – Stage 2 : Mandatory – 5% ReducLon (two days/week watering) – Stage 3 : Mandatory – 10% ReducLon (one day/week watering) – Stage 4 : Mandatory – 10%+ ReducLon (No outdoor watering)
- 8. Water Conserva3on Water Efficiency Plan Central Standard Time (Fall and Winter) Recommenda3ons – Avoid outdoor watering: 10 am – 6 pm – Water only once per week if necessary on trash day Requirements – No watering of impervious surfaces – No watering during rainfall or at temperatures below 40 F – No water runoff flowing away from property Enforcement – Red door-‐hangers with $25 fee added to water bill for first violaLon – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
- 9. Water Conserva3on Water Efficiency Plan Daylight Saving Time (Spring and Summer) Recommenda3ons – Water up to twice per week on trash day plus one addiLonal day Requirements – No outdoor watering: 10 am – 6 pm – No watering of impervious surfaces – No watering during rainfall or at temperatures below 40 F – No water runoff flowing away from property Enforcement – Red door-‐hangers with $25 fee added to water bill for first violaLon – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
- 10. Water Conserva3on Water Efficiency Plan Summer Restric3ons (July, August, and September) Requirements – Water up to twice per week on trash day plus one addiLonal day – No outdoor watering: 10 am – 6 pm – No watering of impervious surfaces or flowing away from property – No watering during rainfall or at temperatures below 40 F Excep3ons – 30-‐day new landscaping exempLon – Registered smart controllers have watering day exempLons Enforcement – Red door-‐hangers with $25 fee added to water bill for first violaLon – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
- 11. Water Conserva3on Emergency Service Levels Ini$ated due to mechanical/electrical failures, system repairs, excessive demand Emergency Service Level I (Like Stage 3) – Water up to once per week on trash day – 30-‐day new landscaping exempLon – Registered smart controllers have watering day exempLons Emergency Service Level II (Like Stage 4) – No outdoor watering – No excepLons except for public safety Enforcement – Red signs with sprinkler disconnect with $25 fee added to water bill – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
- 12. Appendix E Landscape Restric3ons – Types of ViolaLons – ResidenLal monthly usage above 50,000 gallons – Non-‐residenLal monthly usage above 50,000 gallons Rain and Freeze Sensors Pressure Regula3ng Devices Smart Controllers
- 13. Enforcement Strategies Managed by Public Works Staff Meter Division Employees (8-‐10) Patrol Shi`s (Quadrants) Time/Date Stamped Photo Evidence CodeTrak Database
- 14. Viola3on Fees 1st Viola3on -‐ $25 2nd Viola3on -‐ $50 3rd Viola3on and Up -‐ $75 & Cita3on Fee added to Customer water bill
- 15. 2012 Viola3ons 3,498 water waste viola3ons issued First viola3on: 3,285 (94%) Second viola3on: 203 (6%) Third viola3on: 9 (0.3%) We waived 2,020 (58%) first violaLons and performed 1,349 (39%) free check-‐ups ViolaLons during Stages 3 and 4 result in a sprinkler system disconnecLon
- 16. Annual Frisco GPCD 310 299 294 293 290 285 274 270 250 249 250 234 230 222 227 217 210 202 196 190 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
- 17. Ques3ons?