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 288.5 - Water Conservation Plans for Wholesale Water Suppliers

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
A water conservation plan for a wholesale water supplier
					 must provide information in response to each of the following paragraphs. If
					 the plan does not provide information for each requirement, the wholesale water
					 supplier shall include in the plan an explanation of why the requirement is not
					 applicable.
(1) Minimum requirements.
				  All water conservation plans for wholesale water suppliers must include the
				  following elements:
(A) a description of the
				  wholesaler's service area, including population and customer data, water use
				  data, water supply system data, and wastewater data;
(B) specific, quantified five-year and
				  ten-year targets for water savings including, where appropriate, target goals
				  for municipal use in gallons per capita per day for the wholesaler's service
				  area, maximum acceptable water loss, and the basis for the development of these
				  goals. The goals established by wholesale water suppliers under this
				  subparagraph are not enforceable;
(C) a description as to which practice(s)
				  and/or device(s) will be utilized to measure and account for the amount of
				  water diverted from the source(s) of supply;
(D) a monitoring and record management
				  program for determining water deliveries, sales, and losses;
(E) a program of metering and leak detection
				  and repair for the wholesaler's water storage, delivery, and distribution
				  system;
(F) a requirement in every
				  water supply contract entered into or renewed after official adoption of the
				  water conservation plan, and including any contract extension, that each
				  successive wholesale customer develop and implement a water conservation plan
				  or water conservation measures using the applicable elements of this chapter.
				  If the customer intends to resell the water, then the contract between the
				  initial supplier and customer must provide that the contract for the resale of
				  the water must have water conservation requirements so that each successive
				  customer in the resale of the water will be required to implement water
				  conservation measures in accordance with applicable provisions of this
				  chapter;
(G) 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. The
				  reservoir systems operations plans shall include optimization of water supplies
				  as one of the significant goals of the plan;
(H) a means for implementation and
				  enforcement, which shall be evidenced by a copy of the ordinance, rule,
				  resolution, or tariff, indicating official adoption of the water conservation
				  plan by the water supplier; and a description of the authority by which the
				  water supplier will implement and enforce the conservation plan; and
(I) documentation of coordination with the
				  regional water planning groups for the service area of the wholesale water
				  supplier in order to ensure consistency with the appropriate approved regional
				  water plans.