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Gary Hartwell, Director of Public Works, City of Frisco - Presentation at Texas Water Foundation, Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium February 26, 2013
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Water Management Plan
Central Texas Water Conserva3on Symposium February 26, 2013
From Implementa3on to Enforcement
Denton and Collin County
70 square miles
25 miles northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Frisco, Texas
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Popula3on
2013 130,000
North Texas Municipal Water District
Service Area • 1.7 million people
• 49 Customer Ci3es, Towns, and Water Supply Corpora3ons
• 13 Member Ci3es
Allen, Farmersville, Forney, Frisco, Garland, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano, Princeton, Richardson, Rockwall, Royse City, Wylie
NTMWD Water Supply Reservoirs
Plan Considera3ons
• Simple • Understandable • Enforceable • Consistent
Water Conserva3on – Frisco Based – Water Efficiency Plan (Year Round) – Daylight Saving Time
– Emergency Service Levels I and II
Drought Con3ngency – NTMWD Based – Stage 1 : Voluntary – 2% ReducLon – Stage 2 : Mandatory – 5% ReducLon (two days/week watering)
– Stage 3 : Mandatory – 10% ReducLon (one day/week watering)
– Stage 4 : Mandatory – 10%+ ReducLon (No outdoor watering)
Water Management Plan
Central Standard Time (Fall and Winter) Recommenda3ons
– Avoid outdoor watering: 10 am – 6 pm – Water only once per week if necessary on trash day
Requirements
– No watering of impervious surfaces – No watering during rainfall or at temperatures below 40 F – No water runoff flowing away from property
Enforcement
– Red door-‐hangers with $25 fee added to water bill for first violaLon – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
Water Conserva3on Water Efficiency Plan
Daylight Saving Time (Spring and Summer) Recommenda3ons
– Water up to twice per week on trash day plus one addiLonal day Requirements
– No outdoor watering: 10 am – 6 pm – No watering of impervious surfaces – No watering during rainfall or at temperatures below 40 F – No water runoff flowing away from property
Enforcement
– Red door-‐hangers with $25 fee added to water bill for first violaLon – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
Water Conserva3on Water Efficiency Plan
Summer Restric3ons (July, August, and September) Requirements
– Water up to twice per week on trash day plus one addiLonal day – No outdoor watering: 10 am – 6 pm – No watering of impervious surfaces or flowing away from property – No watering during rainfall or at temperatures below 40 F
Excep3ons
– 30-‐day new landscaping exempLon – Registered smart controllers have watering day exempLons
Enforcement
– Red door-‐hangers with $25 fee added to water bill for first violaLon – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
Water Conserva3on Water Efficiency Plan
Ini$ated due to mechanical/electrical failures, system repairs, excessive demand Emergency Service Level I (Like Stage 3)
– Water up to once per week on trash day – 30-‐day new landscaping exempLon – Registered smart controllers have watering day exempLons
Emergency Service Level II (Like Stage 4)
– No outdoor watering – No excepLons except for public safety
Enforcement
– Red signs with sprinkler disconnect with $25 fee added to water bill – Fee waived if customer schedules and completes free irrigaLon check-‐up
Water Conserva3on Emergency Service Levels
Landscape Restric3ons – Types of ViolaLons – ResidenLal monthly usage above 50,000 gallons – Non-‐residenLal monthly usage above 50,000 gallons
Rain and Freeze Sensors Pressure Regula3ng Devices Smart Controllers
Appendix E
Enforcement Strategies
Managed by Public Works Staff
Meter Division Employees (8-‐10)
Patrol Shi`s (Quadrants)
Time/Date Stamped Photo Evidence
CodeTrak Database
Viola3on Fees
1st Viola3on -‐ $25
2nd Viola3on -‐ $50
3rd Viola3on and Up -‐ $75 & Cita3on
Fee added to Customer water bill
2012 Viola3ons
3,498 water waste viola3ons issued
First viola3on: 3,285 (94%)
Second viola3on: 203 (6%)
Third viola3on: 9 (0.3%)
We waived 2,020 (58%) first violaLons and performed 1,349 (39%) free check-‐ups
ViolaLons during Stages 3 and 4 result in a sprinkler system disconnecLon
Annual Frisco GPCD
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190
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310
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Ques3ons?
