37-129 Stage 4—Water crisis.

The Water Services Director is authorized to declare a Stage 4 Water Crisis when the Director determines that, based on the severity of the crisis, additional measures must be instituted as determined by the Water Services Director to protect human health and safety. The Water Services Director shall declare Stage 4 Water Crisis when Stage 3 emergency supply and use reduction programs are insufficient to meet water 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. In addition to any other remedy available in this chapter, the Director is authorized to set water prices in the form of a surcharge that shall be adjusted to reduce demand to match available supplies. All monies collected from surcharges in excess of replacement of revenues lost through drought-induced demand reductions and use reduction programs shall be used in a manner consistent with 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)