EXHIBIT 2

 

 

RULE 163    STAGE 3 WATER CONSERVATION

 

A.         Stage 3 Water Conservation is defined as the third stage in the District’s Expanded Water Conservation and Standby Rationing Plan that takes action to maintain Cal-Am water use in the MPWRS below regulatory constraints.

 

Prior to implementation of Stage 3 Water Conservation, the General Manager shall review the Cal-Am unaccounted for water uses in the MPWRS and shall determine that unaccounted for water uses are at or below an average of seven percent for the most recent twelve month period.  In the event unaccounted for water uses exceed seven percent, Cal-Am shall immediately submit a plan to the General Manager to reduce unaccounted for water uses and shall immediately act on such plan.  The General Manager shall have the authority to delay implementation of Stage 3 Water Conservation for one month to allow Cal-Am sufficient time to correct unaccounted for water uses to achieve the year-to-date production at month-end target in the following month.

 

B.          Regulatory Trigger.  Stage 3 Water Conservation shall be enforced when Cal-Am production from the MPWRS has exceeded the year-to-date at month-end target as displayed in Table 1 for a second time in any water year, and Cal-Am unaccounted for water uses in the MPWRS are at or below an average of seven percent for the most recent twelve month period.

 

C.          Sunset of Stage 3 Water Conservation.  Without further action by the Board of Directors, the provisions of Stage 3 Water Conservation shall be rescinded upon compliance with the year-to-date at month-end production goal for the first two months of the subsequent water year. Water users of Cal-Am when that water system derives water from the MPWRS shall revert to Stage 1 Water Conservation. 

 

(a)    Regulatory compliance during a period of Stage 4 Water Rationing shall not cause a sunset of this provision.

 

D.         Notice.  Cal-Am shall provide notice of mandatory water conservation with each bill prepared for water users of the Cal-Am system

 

E.          Cal-Am Excessive Use Rates.  Section 12-E requires approval by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) prior to implementation.

 

1.       Cal-Am shall use the ECU factor of each water user for computation of the base water rate block and the related base use. 

 

2.       Excessive use rates shall be applied to water use over 150 percent of the base use.

 

3.       Excessive use rates shall be established by multiplying the base block rate of rate blocks 4 and 5 of Cal-Am’s per-capita-based rate tariff by 400 percent.  The difference between the base rate for rate block 4 and 5, and the 400 percent excessive use rate shall be the actual excessive use rate and shall be designated separately from the standard water rate billing.

 

4.       In the event that excessive use rates are not authorized by the California Public Utilities Commission, the base use shall become a base ration and use above the base rate shall be considered non-essential water use.

 

F.           Cal-Am Use Prior to PUC Approval of Excessive Use Rates.

 

1.       Upon implementation of Stage 3 Water Conservation, the District shall consider water use above the Cal-Am base rate to be non-essential water use subject to enforcement under Rule 171 (Water Waste Fees).

 

2.       Cal-Am shall provide monthly information with the water bill showing the responsible party’s compliance with the base rate.

 

              Added by Ordinance No. 92 (1/28/99)

 

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