PL-SPP-2023-000036 05.15.23 APPLICANT'S PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO CONDITION NO. 6 - WATER

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Mr. Zendo Kern,Director May 15, 2023 Page 2 (1)Each consumer about to vacate any premises supplied with water by the Department shall give notice of his intention to vacate, specifying the date service should be discontinued. Otherwise, the consumer and/or applicant shall be responsible for all water service furnished to such premises until the Department has received a notice of discontinuance. The consumer and/or applicant shall be responsible for all charges resultingfrom non-notification. Before buildings are demolished, the Department should be notified so the water service can be closed. (2) Water service may be discontinued for any of the following reasons: (a)Nonpayment of Bills. Water service may be discontinued for nonpayment of a bill after written notice is given to the consumer and as provided by these Rules and Regulations- _-(d) Waste ul Use of Water.Where ne li ent or wasteful use of water exists on any premises,the Department may discontinue service if such conditions are not corrected within a reasonable time after giviniz tine consumer written notice a said conditions. ... Based on the above, it should be clear that DWS already has the ability to curtail water use, including and up to discontinuing service. Thus,the proposed condition is somewhat redundant. The other related concern is the requirement to "permanently reduce water consumption". There are times when water use for any household could inadvertently exceed this 600 gpd threshold; and in this case,if and when that happens,it would be an infraction of this condition and the Special Permit. With or without this condition,please note that proposed Condition 9 already subjects this Special Permit to comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations (which includes DWS). Given that,the contents of proposed Condition 6 are indirectly covered by proposed Condition 9. In my response to DWS' comments, 1 noted that the applicant will"retain the services of an engineer to do a system-wide review of the residential and irrigation water usage with the objective of coming up with recommendations to find ways to reduce the site's potable water consumption. Understandably,once this review is completed,it will take some time to implement the recommendations. The applicant is committed to having this done and hopefully,the results of this reduction will become evident in a year from now." In light of the above,the applicant is willing to accept a condition that acknowledges the concern and mandates the applicant to take appropriate water conservation measures. We thus would like to propose the following amended condition_