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<br />Waterused for human needs at hospitals, nursing homes, and similar types of facilities are high <br />priority to be maintained in an emergency. Local water allocation will need to address water <br />used for other human needs at other types of facilities such as hotels, office buildings, and <br />manufacturing plants. Domestic use must have priority over economic needs. <br /> <br />Triggers for implementing Plan Components <br />The current average day demand is 265,700 gallons and the average peak day demand for the <br />past eight years is approximately 2.7 time the current day demand, or 715,000 gallons. The <br />500,000 gallons available storage capacity in the City's elevated storage tank can provide <br />almost two days of average demand and slightly more than a half day at peak demand. Tower <br />level is critical to maintain pressure in the distribution system. The most critical component of <br />the Centerville system is the pumping capacity from its wells. <br /> <br />Centerville's firm capacity is 550 gpm (0.675 MGD) with its largest well (650 gpm) out of service. <br />Triggers for implementing plan components are based on firm capacity. The triggers (shown in <br />the table below) are guidelines for the Emergency Evaluation Team in the event of a water <br />supply emergency that warrants short-term demand reduction. <br /> <br />Triggers to Reduce Short-Term Demand <br /> <br /> <br />Eliminate 5th through 2nd priority water use. <br /> <br />(1) <br /> <br />Allocating water use based on the priorities stipulated in Minnesota Statute is not possible with the City's <br />available water use data. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how much water will be saved by <br />various demand reduction measures. <br /> <br />Enforcement <br />Centerville has established provisions in its City Code that allow it to place restrictions on water <br />use and enforce any such provisions a,s necessary. City Code Chapter 51 regulates use of the <br />Municipal Water System, reads, "... the Administrator is authorized to implement water use <br />restrictions and demand reduction measures as identified in the City's Water Supply and <br />Emergency Conservation Plan." As detailed in Section 51.05(C), "service may be discontinued <br />whenever... the owner or occupant of the premises served.. .has violated any requirement of the <br />city code relative thereto" <br />[NOTE: Centerviffe has established a sprinkling restriction to odd-even days and between 10:00 <br />a.m. and 6:00 p.m. <br /> <br />July 3, 2007 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br />Centerville Wellhead Protection Plan (Part 2) <br /> <br />Page 29 <br />