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FIGURE 1: Stage 2 Voluntary Actions City/Purveyor Actions Retail Customer Actions • Limit all non-essential domestic • Limit all non-essential domestic uses of water uses of water • Limit landscape irrigation around • Limit car washing, driveway public facilities. cleaning, and pressure washing. • Limit irrigation of parks and • Limit irrigation of residential median/gateway areas. gardens and lawns. • Limit street washing and other • Limit irrigation of golf fairways and non-essential services cemeteries. • Limit the frequency of water • Limit recreational uses of water. system flushing activities. In addition to promoting voluntary water conservation, the Voluntary Stage will prompt a number of other actions: • The Drought Advisory Committee will begin meeting on a regular basis to coordinate internal and external actions. • Systematic communications will be established with elected officials throughout the EWSA. • A communications plan will be developed and implemented to keep customers informed about the water situation, promote conservation strategies, and encourage behavioral changes. • Watering (irrigation) guidelines will be established and communicated to the City's wholesale and retail customers. • Planning and preparation for the Mandatory Stage will be initiated including an assessment of staffing impacts, training needs, and communication strategies. • The City and/or its purveyors may implement a rate surcharge to promote water conservation. STAGE 3 — MANDATORY The Public Works Director will authorize progressing to Mandatory Stage based on the recommendations of the Drought Advisory Committee. This will be triggered by two primary conditions: • Supply conditions have become progressively more serious, this trend is expected to continue or worsen, and the goals established in the Voluntary Stage have not been achieved. 5