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6 ORTHtJANC¡:'; 19Q()- 47 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ~.1ARCOS, TEXAS, ADOPTING A FOUR-STAGE INTERIM WATER CONSERVATION PLAN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Texas Water Commission has proposed that a comprehensive uniform plan of water conservation measures be undertaken across Hays, Comal, Bexar, Medina and Uvalde Counties in response to the declining level of the Edwards Aquifer, and the potential threat to continued flows at Comal and San Marcos Springs; and, WHEREAS, this plan is to be operative during an interim period in which a regional plan for the management of the water resources of the Edwards Aquifer is to be finalized and adopted; and, WHEREAS, this water conservation plan differs from, and is intended to supersede the City's existing ordinances regulating the use of water during the interim period in which the regional management plan is finalized; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. SUPERSESSION OF EXISTING ORDINANCES. That the regulations contained in this ordinance shall supersede the provisions of Sections 30-10 through 30-12, inclusive, of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances, during the period beginning on the effective date of this ordinance and ending on December 31, 1990. At that time, Sections 30-10 through 30-12, inclusive, of the San Marcos Code of Ordinances shall again take effect unless the regulations contained in this ordinance are continued in effect by action of the City Council. SECTION 2. STAGES OF WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES. The City Manager is authorized to issue orders implementing the following stages of water conservation measures at the respective levels (mean sea level) indicated for the Bexar County Edwards Aquifer monitor well (J-17): STAGE I AQUIFER AWARENESS 644 feet STAGE 2 AQUIFER WATCH 628 feet STAGE 3 AQUIFER ALERT 612 feet In addition, the City Manager is authorized to issue orders implementing STAGE 4, AQUIFER RISK, of water conservation measures whenever water quality monitoring by the Edwards Underground Water District shows an increase in TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) of 30% or more above the historical average, or when the TDS value for any public supply well from the Edwards Aquifer exceeds allowable maximums. STAGE 4 may be implemented at any time a STAGE 2 or STAGE 3 order is in effect. SECTION 3. WATER CONSERVATION ORDERS. Orders implementing the various stages of water conservation measures shall be in writing, shall state the required water conservation measures, shall be publicly announced, and shall take effect upon publication one time in a daily newspaper of general circulation within the city. An order, once implemented, shall continue in effect until it is either rescinded by written order of the City Manager, or superseded by an order implementing a h ighe r stage of water conservation measures.