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Declaration of a Temporary Water
Supply Shortage
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve Resolution No. 8Cr 2 declaring a Temporary Water Supply Shortage.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Each year, the Metropolitan Water District performs maintenance on its water delivery
system. In order to accomplish this, Metropolitan must shut down the corresponding
aqueduct servicing some of its member agencies. Typically, the San Diego County
Water Authority will perform routine maintenance of its own while the aqueduct is shut
down. Metropolitan has scheduled maintenance of the treated water aqueduct from
January 30 through February 8, 1995. During this time period, the treated water
aqueduct that serves the Carlsbad Municipal Water District will not be delivering water.
Although the shutdown has been scheduled for these dates, it is subject to change
depending on weather and the condition of the aqueduct and the extent of repairs or
maintenance needed. As a result, staff is requesting that the Board declare a
Temporary Water Supply Shortage effective two days prior to the actual shutdown
enacted by the Water Authority, lasting until the re-establishment of water service
through the aqueduct.
In the past, District customers have not been affected by aqueduct shutdowns because
of the District’s ability to use water stored in Maerkle Reservoir. Due to changes in
regulations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency and enforced by the State
Department of Health, the Maerkle Reservoir facility does not meet current standards
for open water reservoirs. The reservoir lining and covering project has been designed
and is now in the environmental review phase. However, the Department of Health presently views the reservoir as an unprotected watershed. If the reservoir water is
introduced into the water system, the public must be notified of the potential health
concerns. Prior to this new regulation, the District supplied safe and reliable water from
the reservoir for 35 years. The water meets all bacteriological standard and is safe;
however, the reservoir itself does not conform to the new EPA regulations.
Without the use of the reservoir, Carlsbad has a storage capacity of 45.5 million
gallons. On an annual average, Carlsbad delivers 12.9 million gallons of water to its
customers daily. However, water consumption during the winter months decreases to
about 11.5 million gallons per day. This includes both indoor and outdoor usage. The
shutdown is scheduled for 10 days, and could be extended if Metropolitan finds that
additional maintenance is needed or if weather conditions cause project delays. In
order to avoid running out of water, District staff is asking the Board to declare a
Temporary Water Supply Shortage that will prohibit outdoor water use and ask
customers to minimize indoor water use during this time frame.
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Water Use Restrictions During the Temporary Water Supply Shortage
In accordance with Ordinance No. 35 adopting a Water Conservation Program
(approved and adopted by the Board on March 5, 1991), the following water use
restrictions are in effect during a Temporary Water Supply Shortage:
l No outdoor watering or vehicle washing.
l No refilling of pools, spas and fountains.
l Temporary discontinuance of all agricultural irrigation.
l Serving of water only on request at restaurants.
l Recommended limited indoor water usage.
District staff will be patrolling the service area twenty-four hours a day to monitor water
usage and will enforce the above restrictions. Customers not complying with the
restrictions will be subject to the following:
l First violation: Verbal notice
l Second violation: Personal written notice
l Third violation: Installation of a flow restricting device for a period of at least 48
hours, and imposition of any costs associated with installation of the device
No monetary penalties will be assessed.
In addition, District staff will physically turn water services off on all irrigation meters,
after notification to these customers. It is anticipated that most landscape irrigation is
controlled by automatic sprinkler systems that are scheduled to go on during the night
and cannot be monitored by the District. Turning the meters off will ensure that no
outdoor irrigation is accidentally on during the Temporary Water Supply Shortage,
which would eventually lead to water shortages for safety and health uses.
Notification
District staff is planning to notify customers of the Temporary Water Supply Shortage
declaration in four main ways.
Postcard Mailing: Staff is composing a detailed notification on a brightly-colored, 8% x
5%” card that will be mailed to all District customers one week before the shutdown.
This card will include an explanation of why the Temporary Water Supply Shortage is
necessary, the various water restrictions, the notice that we may need to use Maerkle
reservoir water, and a phone number for further information.
Newspaper Ads: Staff is placing a newspaper ad in the Blade-Citizen on January 25,
26 and 27, 1995, that explains basically the same information in the postcard, with less
detail.
Daniels Cablevision: An announcement will run on the Community Access Calendar
that contains the above information. This will run from January 23, 1995 through
February 8, 1995 (or the actual dates of the shutdown per the Water Authority).
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Press Release: A press release will be distributed to both the BladeCitizen and the
Carlsbad Sun detailing the conditions of the shutdown and the resulting water
restrictions.
Along with the above methods of notification, the District will mail special notices to
irrigation customers whose meters will be turned off. Staff will also call the top five
water users in the service area to alert them to the shutdown.
In the event that conservation efforts do not meet the needed cutbacks, the District will
put the Maerkle reservoir into service. Staff met with the State Department of Health
and was notified that the water can be introduced into the system and used for delivery
to customers as long as the District goes to public notification about the possible
concerns of using the water out of the reservoir. This will only be done in an
emergency water shortage situation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The cost of printing and mailing the postcards and placing the newspaper ads is
approximately $5,500. The District’s fiscal year 1994-95 budget contains funds for the
purposes of printing, postage and advertising that will more than adequately cover the
costs that will incur as a result of the Temporary Water Supply Shortage.
The overtime hours needed to patrol the service area twenty-four hours a day will cost
approximately $6,400. There will be two employees for each of two seven-hour shifts,
from 5:00 PM to 12:00 midnight and from 12:00 midnight to 7:00 AM, for the ten-day
period. There are sufficient funds in the ,District’s salaries and overtime budget to cover
the overtime payment.
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution No. 89 ?L Declaring a Temporary Water Supply Shortage.
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 892
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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT
DECLARING A TEMPORARY WATER SUPPLY SHORTAGE
5 WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Carlsbad Municipal Water District
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WHEREAS, this ordinance outlines procedures and water restrictions for six
water conservation stages and a water emergency; and
9 WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Water District will be taking the Second Aqueduct
10 out of service for a ten-day period; and
11 WHEREAS, the Second Aqueduct is the treated water aqueduct that services
12 the Carlsbad Municipal Water District; and
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WHEREAS, there will not be sufficient water stored in the District’s eleven
reservoirs to meet normal demand for Carisbad customers for the ten-day period.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of the
Carlsbad Municipal Water District as follows:
17 1. That the need for declaration of a Temporary Water Supply Shortage
That a Temporary Water Supply Shortage is hereby declared, effective
two days prior to the actual shutdown of the Second Aqueduct enacted by the
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Metropolitan Water District, and lasting until water service is re-established through the
aqueduct.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the
Carlsbad Municipal Water District at a special meeting held on the 24th
day of JANUARY , 1995, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Board Members Lewis, Nygaard, Kulchin, Finnila, Hall f NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, Secret&y
(SEAL)