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City of Ramsey Local Water Supply Plan Objective Triggers Actions ❑ Other: Short-term demand reduction (less than 1 year ❑X Extremely high seasonal water demand (more than double winter demand) ❑X Loss of treatment capacity ❑X Lack of water in storage ❑X State drought plan ❑ Well interference ❑ Other: ❑X Adopt (if not already) and enforce the critical water deficiency ordinance to restrict or prohibit lawn watering, vehicle washing, golf course and park irrigation & other nonessential uses. ❑ Supply augmentation through ❑X Water allocation through ❑X Meet with large water users to discuss user's contingency plan. Long-term demand reduction (>1 year) ❑X Per capita demand increasing ❑X Total demand increase (higher population or more industry)Water level in well(s) below elevation of ❑X Develop a critical water deficiency ordinance that is or can be quickly adopted to penalize lawn watering, vehicle washing, golf course and park irrigation & other nonessential uses. ❑ Enact a water waste ordinance that targets overwatering (causing water to flow off the landscape into streets, parking lots, or similar), watering impervious surfaces (streets, driveways or other hardscape areas), and negligence of known leaks, breaks, or malfunctions. ❑X Meet with large water users to discuss user's contingency plan. ❑ Enhanced monitoring and reporting: audits, meters, billing, etc. ❑ Other: Governor's "Critical Water Deficiency Order" declared ❑X "Critical Water Deficiency Order" issued ❑X Strictly enforce Odd/ Even Sprinkling Ban ❑X Reduce or eliminate irrigation at public buildings and parks B. Conservation Objectives and Strategies - Key benchmark for DNR This section establishes water conservation objectives and strategies for eight major areas of water use. Objective 1: Reduce Unaccounted (Non -Revenue) Water loss to Less than 10% The Minnesota Rural Waters Association, the Metropolitan Council and the Department of Natural Resources recommend that all water uses be metered. Metering can help identify high use locations and times, along with leaks within buildings that have multiple meters. It is difficult to quantify specific unmetered water use such as that associated with firefighting and system flushing or system leaks. Typically, water suppliers subtract metered water use from total water pumped to calculate unaccounted or non -revenue water loss. Is your five-year average (2005-2014) unaccounted Water Use in Table 2 higher than 10%? Yes No 38 April 7, 2017