[Adopted 9-6-1994 by Ord. No. 1024 (Ch. XXVI, Part 2, of
the 1980 Code of Ordinances)]
The "Water Shortage Response Plan of the Borough of Mount Union"
is hereby adopted and attached hereto. This plan may be modified and
updated by Borough Council resolution.
Those uses of water not essential to the protection of public
health and safety are deemed nonessential. Nonessential uses of water
may be restricted by both voluntary and mandatory measures as prescribed
and outlined within the Water Shortage Response Plan. A list of nonessential
water uses is included in the plan.
If, during a water shortage period, a voluntary ban on nonessential
uses of water has not sufficiently reduced the rate of depletion of
water supply sources, and those sources have reached a level at which
the response plan prescribes more severe demand-reduction measures,
a mandatory restriction of nonessential water uses shall be imposed.
Those water service customers found not cooperating with this action
shall face a surcharge of $50 for each day of noncompliance or the
curtailment of water service, whichever is deemed most appropriate.
If a water shortage emergency is declared by the Governor of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania within an area which includes the
service area of the Borough, and both voluntary and mandatory restrictions
of nonessential water uses have failed to sufficiently reduce the
rate of depletion of all available water supply sources, and if the
Borough plans for water rationing have been reviewed and approved
by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Council, water rationing
may be implemented. The Borough water rationing plan is included in
the Water Shortage Response Plan.
Any water service customer(s) may apply to the Borough for an
exemption to the terms of this article, which may be granted by the
Borough Council upon adequate evidence of unequitable hardship imposed
through adherence to the provisions of the plan.
