Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 288 - WATER CONSERVATION PLANS, DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS, GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS › Subchapter A - WATER CONSERVATION PLANS › Section 288.2 - Water Conservation Plans for Municipal Uses by Public Water Suppliers

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) A water
				  conservation plan for municipal water use by public water suppliers must
				  provide information in response to the following. If the plan does not provide
				  information for each requirement, the public water supplier shall include in
				  the plan an explanation of why the requirement is not applicable.
(1) Minimum requirements. All water
				  conservation plans for municipal uses by public water suppliers must include
				  the following elements:
(A) a utility profile
				  in accordance with the Texas Water Use Methodology, including, but not limited
				  to, information regarding population and customer data, water use data
				  (including total gallons per capita per day (GPCD) and residential GPCD), water
				  supply system data, and wastewater system data;
(B) a record management system which allows
				  for the classification of water sales and uses into the most detailed level of
				  water use data currently available to it, including, if possible, the sectors
				  listed in clauses (i) - (vi) of this subparagraph. Any new billing system
				  purchased by a public water supplier must be capable of reporting detailed
				  water use data as described in clauses (i) - (vi) of this subparagraph:
(i) residential;
(I) single family;
(II) multi-family;
(ii) commercial;
(iii) institutional;
(iv) industrial;
(v) agricultural; and,
(vi) wholesale.
(C) specific, quantified five-year and
				  ten-year targets for water savings to include goals for water loss programs and
				  goals for municipal use in total GPCD and residential GPCD. The goals
				  established by a public water supplier under this subparagraph are not
				  enforceable;
(D) metering
				  device(s), within an accuracy of plus or minus 5.0% in order to measure and
				  account for the amount of water diverted from the source of supply;
(E) a program for universal metering of both
				  customer and public uses of water, for meter testing and repair, and for
				  periodic meter replacement;
(F)
				  measures to determine and control water loss (for example, periodic visual
				  inspections along distribution lines; annual or monthly audit of the water
				  system to determine illegal connections; abandoned services; etc.);
(G) a program of continuing public education
				  and information regarding water conservation;
(H) a water rate structure which is not
				  "promotional," i.e., a rate structure which is cost-based and which does not
				  encourage the excessive use of water;
(I) a reservoir systems operations plan, if
				  applicable, providing for the coordinated operation of reservoirs owned by the
				  applicant within a common watershed or river basin in order to optimize
				  available water supplies; and
(J) a
				  means of implementation and enforcement which shall be evidenced by:
(i) a copy of the ordinance, resolution, or
				  tariff indicating official adoption of the water conservation plan by the water
				  supplier; and
(ii) a description of
				  the authority by which the water supplier will implement and enforce the
				  conservation plan; and
(K) documentation of coordination with the
				  regional water planning groups for the service area of the public water
				  supplier in order to ensure consistency with the appropriate approved regional
				  water plans.