County updates water-conservation code to include operational triggers and notification methods
The board repealed and reenacted the county's emergency water-conservation code to add operational triggers (treatment capacity, damaged wells, power outages), monthly-capacity metrics and modernized public notice methods; staff will update the water-conservation management plan and notify DEQ.
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Public Utilities Director Katie Legge presented a revised emergency water-conservation ordinance tied to a recent groundwater withdrawal permit renewal. The update retains operating-volume reservoir triggers but adds operational triggers such as loss of treatment capacity, damaged or inoperable wells, chemical-supply failures, extended power outages and a monthly required-capacity metric based on a three-year monthly average.
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