N.J. Admin. Code § 7:19-6.5

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:19-6.5 - Water conservation

(a) Unless more stringent water conservation measures are required by the Department, all public community water systems shall:

1. Proceed expeditiously to correct leakage in the total distribution system, as detected through a systematic program to monitor leakage. Program results may be required to be submitted to the Department at least once every three years;

2. Adopt and implement, to the satisfaction of the Department, an on-going program to encourage water conservation for all types of use within the area served by the system. This does not preclude other water conservation requirements imposed by the Board of Public Utilities;

3. Submit a Water Conservation and Drought Management Plan on forms provided by the Department with each initial, modification, or renewal application for a water supply allocation permit or major modification thereof, or contract approval. The Water Conservation and Drought Management Plan shall include:

i. A description of water conservation components;

ii. Interim, voluntary water use restrictions for implementation during corresponding stages of drought warning, drought emergency, precipitation deficits or reservoir storage deficits;

iii. Voluntary transfers of water via interconnections between water supply systems for use when prescribed reservoir storage level thresholds are reached;

iv. Other measures designed to reduce demand, consumption or water usage or loss, or which otherwise have the effect of maximizing water supplies during periods in which precipitation is lower than average and/or water supply storage is less than normal; and

v. For purveyors with water supply reservoirs, rule curves for reservoirs that can be used to establish storage level thresholds.

4. File water rate structures which provide incentives for water conservation with the Department and the Board of Public Utilities, as appropriate; and

5. Require installation of water meters for all service connections. This shall not apply to fire emergency uses. Water systems with fewer than 500 service connections or systems where it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Department that metering is not practical may be exempted from metering if it is shown that the annual average daily water use by the system does not exceed 75 gallons per person per day.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:19-6.5

Amended by R.1995 d.162, effective 3/20/1995.
See: 26 New Jersey Register 4912(a), 27 New Jersey Register 1265(a).