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OWASA -Draft Water Conservation Rules and Standards Page 9 of 11 ~~~ 4. l~io potable OWAS:~ water nia~r be used t.o re-1-E11 orn.an).ental foczntains. ponds, anti. like d.e~~ices. ~i. No O~~':15:~-supplied potable e=ater nay l)e used far the routine cleaniE~g or ~~•ashin`T of paved areas, such as side~~=alks, decks, drive~~•ays, road~~%ays, or parking lots. This restrictio~i shall not ap}~1~- to the pressure cleaning ai exterior building surfaces. C. Stage Ts~ro (2} ~'~'ater Shortage In tl~e event that OW:1SA declares a Stage'['«c) ~~v'ater Shortage. O~~'AS.A shall advise the 1~layor~ of Caxrboro and Chapel Flil1 az~d the Chair of the Orange County Board. of CoEnEnissioners of its declaration and shall regzzest that they issue l'roclan~atiEms c)f ~~%ater Supply Shortage, if not alz•e.ady issued. ~_?pon. C)~~'ASA's decfaratiazz of a Stage "l`~~=n Water Shoz~age, the following actic)ns st~ali be taken «-ith the goal of ro~:{ucing t~ve;rall Dater demand by fzfteen { 15} percent: Vl%ater use by individually metered residential czzstan~er accounts anal t~•,= individually metered irrigation-only accounts shall be limited to no more tlzaz~ an average of eight hundred (80()) gallons p~ r day during, ~~z1y zl~anthly billitzg cycle beginning after the declaration of a Water Supply Shortage or Water Supply Emergency arzd ending while such restrictions are still. in effect. 2. Spray iz-r-igation with OWAS~'1-supplied p=otable ih•ater shall. not be perz.~nitted, except by persons regul.az•I}= engaged in the sale of plants, «°ho shall be a:Ita~h~ed to irrigate their commercial stock. in txade. 3. Irrigation by underground, drip irrigation, micro spray, lo~v precipitation. bubblers, soaker hose systems ~~,=ith autc?z3iatie shutoff's, ar by band held. l~c>ses or watering cans shall be l.in~ited to a maxirz)uEn of one-Half inch of ~~.at:er applied. to plant material in any given ~~=eek. ~. No OWASA-supplied potable «•ater n~av be used to re-fill. ornamental fauntttins, ponds, and tike devices. ~. l~ia Ot?~'ASA-supplied potable water sl~atl be used far waslzin.g vehicles, except at commercial ar institutional c.ar j~'ashes En which at least 50 l3ercent of tl~e water has been recy-clod. 6. Itio U~~'ASA-supplied potable ~~~ater zr~ay be used for filling or re-f l1in~; empty s~~zmzning pools. OWASA-supplied potable c~-titer may be used may be used to tap off operating s«-imrning pools. 7. ItiTo Ot~'ASA-supplied patat~le water mar- be used for tl~e routine cleaning ar «=ashing of exterior building szufaees; decks, or pave+~ areas, such as sidewalks, drive~~=ays, roadways, and parking lots. "l~l~is restriction shall not apply to the pressure cleaning of exterior building surfaces c)r decks prior to paintizzg or re- painting that is necessary to protect or maintain the phyiscal integrity af't}~e stz-ucture. httn://www.owasa.ors/napes/2003consord.asp 5/29/2003