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OWASA -Draft Water Conservation Rules and Standards rage 4 or 1 x <br />:,:x~~ticl.es or droplets. <br />{ <br />tT;~:DERGKQUNI} SY5"TEM. fin ia•rigatioax s~~stenx «~ith emitters installed beaaeath th.e <br />ground surface. <br />'~'~'A"TEIt WASTE. -I'he non-beneficial use of C)VJ:'~5:~ potable water. ~lc.~n-beneficial <br />uses include but are not restricted to: <br />a. Landscape «~ater applied. in such a nxamxer, rate andlor qu~uxtity that it overilaws <br />the landscaped area being ~~-atered aJ~d rGans onta adjacent property or public <br />right-of-~~~ay; or landscape ~v~ater applied. dxu•in<~ l~eriocls of rainfall or when soil <br />anoisture is already adequate. <br />h. The use of water for «~ashing vehicles; equipa,lea~t; or hard surfaces, such as <br />parking lots, aprons, pacts, d.rivei~~ays. c?r othe~• surfaced areas, in such quantities <br />to flow onto adjacent property or tlxe public right-cif-~~<ay. <br />c. Water applied in sufi:icient: quantity to cause pondi.xlg on impervious surfaces. <br />d. ~?v'ater lost through plaux~bing leaks tlxat Cara be readily ide~ztified and con•ected. <br />~ETZISCAPING. Aal approach to landscape design and maintenance that. uses small <br />amounts of 1~•ater but sustains a traditional lac>l: through the: proper ccanditioning of soil, <br />the selection of appropriate drought-tolerant plants; geaxerc~txs use of mulch, efficient use <br />of 1~•ater, axed other proven techniques. <br />Article II -Water Waste Prohibited, ~'enaltles f'or Violating Staodard <br />II. <br />i~. ~'~'ater Waste Prohibited <br />Nc~ person, party, dr entity shall use, cause, waste, or permit to L-se wasted atly t_~~T~':~SA <br />supplied potable ~;°ater, in violation of the Staxxdards set c>u1: l~aerei~l. <br />I3. Tema[ties <br />(:}~~'ASA may discontinue water sea-~~ice to and- customer where, after notice of <i <br />prflhibited use is delivered to the service address, OW;~.SA supplied potable water <br />continues to be used or «~asted in violation of ille Water Conservation Standards set out <br />herein. <br />Article III - Vear-D"toottcl )l2egttire~a~ents <br />III. <br />a. llxtericar L1se <br />I . 'I he following outdoor or exterior use rcquiremeaxts steal I apply to all customers <br />using O~'ASA supplied. potable «~ater: <br />a. Spray irrigation shall not occur more tha.~~ three Clays per week. E~-en- <br />http://www.owasa.org/pages/2003consord.asp 5/29/2003 <br />