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SAN MARCOS CITY CODE CHAPTER 86, ARTICLE 2 <br />DIVISION 2. WATER CONSERVATION <br />a. Stage 4 shall be implemented when any one of the following <br />conditions occur, or as otherwise determined by the director: <br />1. The ten-day average aquifer level is less than 630 feet above <br />mean sea level as measured at the J-17 index well; or <br />2. The ten-day average discharge rate of San Marcos Springs is <br />below 55 cfs as measured at the San Marcos gauging station; <br />or <br />3. The ten-day average discharge rate of Comal Springs is <br />below 100 cfs as measured at the Comal gauging station. <br />b. Stage 4 shall be terminated when the conditions in subsection (1) are <br />no longer satisfied, or as otherwise determined by the director. <br />(5) Stage 5. <br />a. Stage 5 shall be implemented when any one of the following <br />conditions occur, or as otherwise determined by the director: <br />1. The ten-day average aquifer level is less than 625 feet above <br />mean sea level as measured at the J-17 index well; or <br />2. The ten-day average discharge rate of San Marcos Springs is <br />below 50 cfs as measured at the San Marcos gauging station; <br />or <br />3. The ten-day average discharge rate of Comal Springs is <br />below 45 cfs, or the three-day average discharge is below 40 <br />cfs as measured at the Comal gauging station. <br />b. Stage 5 shall be terminated when the conditions in subsection (1) are <br />no longer satisfied, or as otherwise determined by the director. <br />(6)Water quality, water supply, distribution system or other emergency. Any <br />stage may be implemented when a water quality, water supply, distribution <br />system or other emergency exists as determined by the director. The stage <br />will be terminated when the conditions which prompted initiation of the <br />restrictions no longer exist. <br />(7)Notice of implementation and termination of stages.Notices of <br />implementation and termination of stages shall be posted on the city internet <br />web site, broadcast on the city cable channel, released to public media <br />As amended April 2015 Page 7 <br /> <br />