37-128 Stage 3—Water Emergency.

The Water Services Director is authorized to declare a Stage 3 Water Emergency when additional reductions in deliveries will occur to a level such that Stage 2 water use reduction measures and inter-service area water transfers, water withdrawals from City wells, and feasible water supply augmentation measures will be insufficient to meet water demands in the service area; or when a supply insufficiency due to system limitation or structural failure has occurred, and Stage 2 water use reduction measures and supply augmentation measures are either not possible or will not meet expected unrestricted demand. Such declaration may designate the entire water services area served by the City of Phoenix, or a portion or portions of the service area as affected, in the event the shortage is not system-wide.

Upon implementation by the Water Services Director or designated representative, mandatory water use reduction programs will be implemented and the surcharge recalculated and applied to meet the increased regulation and enforcement expenses per section 37-131 [37-130.1] below.

(Ord. No. G-3335, § 1; Ord. No. G-4317, § 1, passed 12-13-2000, eff. 1-12-2001; Ord. No. G-5444, § 3, adopted 10-21-2009, eff. 11-20-2009)