§ 31-141.18. Specific and quantified water conservation goals.

In an effort to reduce long-term capital expenditures, the City of Laredo instituted a water conservation program in February 2006 to implement water conservation regulations citywide in accordance with the rules of the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The City of Laredo will continue to implement additional activities and programs, as deemed necessary, in order to meet or exceed the specific and quantified water conservation goals listed below:

(1)

Reduce unaccounted-for water to fifteen (15) percent by the year 2014 and ten (10) percent by the year 2019 through improved water use accounting system, leak detection, and leak repairs.

(2)

Reduce the gallons per capita per day (gpcd) consumption by twenty (20) percent from a four-year average of one hundred fifty (150) gpcd in the year 2014 to one hundred thirty (130) gpcd by the year 2019 and in a ten-year average to one hundred ten (110) gpcd as indicated below:

• Year 2014 one hundred fifty (150) gpcd;

• Year 2015 one hundred forty-six (146) gpcd;

• Year 2016 one hundred forty-two (142) gpcd;

• Year 2017 one hundred thirty-eight (138) gpcd;

• Year 2018 one hundred thirty-four (134) gpcd;

• Year 2019 one hundred thirty (130) gpcd

• Year 2020 one hundred twenty-six (126) gpcd;

• Year 2021 one hundred twenty-two (122) gpcd;

• Year 2022 one hundred eighteen (118) gpcd;

• Year 2023 one hundred fourteen (114) gpcd;

• Year 2024 one hundred ten (110) gpcd.

(c)

Increase the beneficial reuse of effluent from the city's wastewater treatment facilities.

(d)

Continue to use increasing block rates for water and wastewater services to discourage excessive water usage.

(e)

Continue to implement the meter testing, repair, and replacement program, as well as leak detection efforts, in order to assist reducing the unaccounted-for water to five (5) percent.

(f)

Continue to meet or exceed all Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements.

These goals are consistent with commonly accepted water industry standards as required by the 30 Texas Administrative Code § 288.2, entitled "Water Conservation Plans for Municipal Uses by Public Water Suppliers" and the Texas Water Development Board.

( Ord. No. 2014-O-048, §1(Exh. A), 4-21-14 )