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Town of Hillsborough Water and Sewer Advisory Committee
Suggested Water Restriction Stages
March 20, 2003
These restrictions apply to Town of Hillsborough Municipal water supply usage only.
Stage 0 - "No Stage" -Normal Conditions
Stage 1 -Voluntary Restrictions
Implementation-This stage begins when the usable water capacity reaches 40% of
maximum.
Recommendations:
• Provide water saving devices to the public.
• Provide daily or weekly reservoir level and water usage statistics.
• Recommend water usage reduction techniques through water bills, fliers, notices,
town web page and media.
• Recommend a usage reduction amount x%.
Stage 2 -Mandatory Restrictions
Implementation-This stage begins when the usable water capacity reaches 30% of
maximum.
Requirements & recommendations:
• Require water usage reduction techniques listed in Stage 1 and limited outdoor
water use.
• Recommend a usage reduction of 2x% for all customers.
• No private car washing (commercial car washing is permitted).
• No pressure washing.
• Alternating day outdoor water use based upon street address (odd or even).
Stage 3 -Rationing
Implementation-This stage begins when the usable water capacity reaches 20% of
maximum.
Requirements & recommendations:
• Require usage reduction of 3x% for both residential and business (allow special
medical exemptions)
No outdoor water usage other than emergency/fire protection.
Customers will not be required to use less than the billing minimum.
Enforcement:
• Use billing system stop checks to catch violators (1000 bills per month).
• Allow deferral of 1st violation if achieved 50% of goal. Waive this fine if goal is
reached in the second month.
• Graduated fines. For example, 1St offense = Y, 2nd offense = 2Y, 3rd offense=4Y
where "Y" might be the customers average water bill.
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HILLSBOROUGH WATER RESTRICTIONS COMPARISON
EXISTING RESTRICTIONS VS. PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS
Proaosed Restrictions:
Approximate
Available Available Days of Supply
Stage Percentage % Gallons Remaining
n/a 100% 1,045,278,000 450
1 40% 418,111,200 180
2 30% 313,583,400 135
3 20% 209,055,600 90
Existing Restrictions (Based on Lake Orange onl
Approximate
Lake Orange Lake Orange Lake Orange
Available Available Days of Supply
Stage Percentage % Gallons* Remaining
1 100% 259,278,000 141
2 g0% 208,459,200 122
3 70% 183,634,800 110
4 50% 131,452,000 86
5 40% 109,416,000 73
6 30% 89,424,000 54
"Available gallons shown for Lake Orange represent Hillsborough's
share based on the existing Eno River Water Management Plan
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