The town of Clarkdale has completed necessary well repairs and is now lifting Water Demand Reduction Strategy III for all Clarkdale residents and businesses.
“We thank all Clarkdale residents and businesses for their continued support as well as the support received while well repairs were underway,” a town press release stated.
Although the water reduction measures are now lessened, the Town’s Water Reduction Strategy plan continues. All requirements related to Water Demand Reduction Strategy I can be found in Town Code Ordinance 383, 2017; Resolution 1538, 2017; prior code §19-11-6, posted at the end of this news story.
Water Demand Reduction Strategy I, now in effect, includes the following mandatory measures:
- Water shall be conserved both inside and outside the home using best practices available to minimize waste.
- Landscaping for residential uses shall be accomplished with plant materials that require little or no supplemental irrigation water.
- Outdoor water usage shall not occur between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Watering days shall be coordinated with your address. Even-numbered addresses may irrigate on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Odd-numbered addresses may irrigate on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For places where there is no discernable address, the even date schedule should be followed (rights-of-way, medians, etc.). No irrigation shall be allowed on Monday.
- Automobile washing shall only be undertaken with a bucket and hose with shut-off nozzle, other water saving devices such as a pressure washer, or at carwashes that recycle or recirculate water.
- No person shall waste water (defined as “’Wasting water’ means to use or expend water thoughtlessly or carelessly. Examples include, but are not limited to, allowing water to run into the street/gutter, allowing water to pool, irrigating during precipitation events, and failing to repair water leaks. A representative of the Clarkdale Municipal Water Utility shall make the determination of wasting water.” under Article 19-1).
- Cooling of outdoor areas with water or misting devices is prohibited.
- Restaurants shall serve water to customers upon request only and shall display table tents or other types of public notice to this effect.
- Hotels shall wash a customer’s linens if a stay is in excess of one night on request only, and the hotel shall display notice to this effect.
- Construction projects are required to use reclaimed water or effluent for construction and dust control purposes.
- Requests for commercial provisions must be made to the Clarkdale Utilities Director.
Contact Town Manager, Susan Guthrie at (903) 752-5744 with questions.
Clarkdale Town Code Section 19-11-6
Demand Reduction Strategies
A. The demand reduction strategies outlined in this plan incorporate a variety of measures to reduce the use of potable water in response to water drought or supply insufficiency conditions. Demand reduction includes measures which would restrict water further than a normal conservation-minded desert lifestyle.
B. Compliance with demand reduction strategies is mandatory, for all Clarkdale Municipal Water Utility users, and any violation of the demand reduction strategies may result in surcharges being added to a Town of Clarkdale’s Municipal Water Facility user’s utility bill, as further provided in Section 19-11-9.
C. Water demand reduction during a drought may incorporate both voluntary and mandatory measures. Many of the organizational demand reduction strategies to a drought condition, including conservation measures, are appropriate for responding to a short-duration supply insufficiency. Generally, responses to a systemic failure will be more rapid and may omit intermediate steps normally associated with an incremental drought response plan.
D. It is evident that drought is not a constant or totally predictable condition in occurrence or duration. Rather, there are levels of drought and levels of drought impact and, therefore, levels of demand reduction strategies. This plan includes three (3) levels of demand reduction strategies, as follows:
1. Demand Reduction Strategy I – “Water Alert.”
a. Goal. The goal of Strategy I is to reduce water demand to a level where safe production capability exceeds water demand.
b. Demand Reduction Strategy I is designed to work in concert with Resource Status Level I. The following measures are mandatory:
i. Water shall be conserved both inside and outside the home using best practices available to minimize waste.
ii. Landscaping for residential uses shall be accomplished with plant materials that require little or no supplemental irrigation water.
iii. Outdoor water usage shall not occur between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Watering days shall be coordinated with your address. Even-numbered addresses may irrigate on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Odd-numbered addresses may irrigate on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. For places where there is no discernable address, the even date schedule should be followed (rights-of-way, medians, etc.). No irrigation shall be allowed on Monday.
iv. Automobile washing shall only be undertaken with a bucket and hose with shut-off nozzle, other water saving devices such as a pressure washer, or at carwashes that recycle or recirculate water.
v. No person shall waste water (see “wasting water” under Article 19-1).
vi. Cooling of outdoor areas with water or misting devices is prohibited.
vii. Restaurants shall serve water to customers upon request only, and shall display table tents or other types of public notice to this effect.
viii. Hotels shall wash a customer’s linens if a stay is in excess of one (1) night on request only, and the hotel shall display notice to this effect.
ix. Construction projects are required to use reclaimed water or effluent for construction and dust control purposes.
x. Requests for commercial provisions must be made to the Clarkdale Utilities Director.
2. Demand Reduction Strategy II – “Water Emergency.”
a. Goal. The goal of Strategy II is to reduce water demand to a level where safe production capability exceeds water demand for ten (10) consecutive days.
b. Demand Reduction Strategy II includes all Demand Reduction Strategy I requirements (subsection (D)(1) of this section), with the following additional, mandatory measures:
i. Sidewalks, driveways, parking areas, tennis courts, patios, or other similar paved surfaces shall not be washed down with water.
ii. Water shall not be added to fountains, water features, recreational swimming pools, spas, or wading pools holding more than one hundred (100) gallons of water.
iii. No new landscaping for commercial projects shall be installed.
iv. Landscaping not installed, which was required by the Town of Clarkdale to meet the landscaping requirements of the Clarkdale Town Code or Zoning Code, will not delay a certificate of occupancy to be issued, providing its installation is delayed as a result of a suspension of new landscaping permits and a surety is provided that is acceptable to the Community Development Department.
3. Demand Reduction Strategy III – “Water Crisis.”
a. Goal. The goal of Strategy III is to reduce water demand to a level deemed necessary to recover from the loss of supply due to a temporary or permanent failure of any major supply or distribution facility in the water distribution system or to increase water in storage to a point where fire protection for the Town is not impaired.
b. Demand Reduction Strategy III includes all Demand Reduction Strategy II requirements (subsection (D)(2) of this section), with the following additional, mandatory measures:
i. No potable water shall be used for outdoor purposes.
ii. No potable water may be used in violation of any other restriction deemed necessary by the Clarkdale Town Council for the purpose of protecting the welfare of the citizens of Clarkdale.
iii. Water system connection permits shall not be issued and permitted new connections shall not be activated.
iv. No new commercial provisions shall be allowed unless approved by the Clarkdale Town Council. [Ordinance #383, 2017; Resolution #1538, 2017; prior code § 19-11-6.]
