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MARGARET W. BROWN, CHAIR ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ALICE GORDON, EY, JR. VICE CHAIR POST OFFICE BOX 8 181 <br />MOSES CAREY, JR. <br />STEPHEN H. HALK/OTIS 200 SOUTH CAMERON STREET <br />BARRY JACOBS <br />HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278 <br />OA P7 <br />r, <br />f� <br />"t <br />eax°� <br />A REVISED INTERIM ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE YEAR ROUNIT <br />CONSERVATION OF WATER AND FOR TEMPORARY RESTRICTIONS DURING <br />WATER SHORTAGES AND EMERGENCIES RELATED TO ALL ORANGE WATER <br />AND SEWER AUTHORITY CUSTOMERS LOCATED IN THE UNINCORPORATED <br />PART OF ORANGE COUNTY. <br />Article I - Purpose and Definitions <br />I. A. Purpose <br />The purpose of this Ordinance is to: <br />1. Reduce the rate of increase in overall water use through year -round water conservation <br />practices that will help maximize the community's existing and planned water supply <br />sources and help reduce seasonal peak day demands that result in the need for costly <br />expansion of water treatment, storage, and transmission facilities. Such year -round <br />practices shall include: <br />a. Reducing indoor water waste by encouraging the installation and maintenance of <br />ultra -low flow toilets, faucet aerators, low -flow showerheads and similar <br />devices, as well as other creative and commonsense indoor conservation <br />practices. <br />b. Reducing irrigation and irrigation- related water waste without sacrificing <br />landscape quality through the cultivation of lower water use plants; improved <br />landscape design and planting practices; more efficient watering practices; and <br />improved irrigation system design and maintenance. <br />C. Increasing the use of reclaimed wastewater and stormwater for irrigation and <br />other uses that do not require water of potable quality. <br />2. Provide an orderly process for reducing community -wide water demands during periods <br />of drought or other naturally occurring causes of water shortages; and <br />Provide an orderly process for reducing community -wide water demands during periods <br />of water shortages due to natural disaster (other than drought), major OWASA facilities <br />failure, or other unexpected and sudden loss of water supply, treatment, or distribution <br />capacity that constitutes a water supply emergency. <br />WWW.CO.ORANGE. NC. US <br />1 <br />PROTECTING AND PRESERVING - PEOPLE RESOURCES, QUALITY OF LIFE <br />ORANGE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA - YOU COUNT: <br />(9 f 9) 245-2130 • FAX ('919) 644 -0246 <br />