From: Gerald Fisher
Sent: Fri Jun 25 09:31:28 2021
To: Dan Huff
Cc: Andy Peters (Molalla); Ryan Hepler; Jeff Mccrum; Andy Peters (Molalla); Adam Shultz; Darlene Bishop (Molalla); Christie DeSantis (Molalla); Chaunee Seifried; Frank Schoenfeld; Chris Long; Cindy Chauran (Molalla)
Subject: RE: Water Conservation Notice
Importance: Normal
Attachments: Water Curtailment Tables.pdf; As an internal note, we are now in a Palmer Drought Index (PI) of D2 Severe Drought which is -3.0 to -3.9 and it changed quickly. That puts us in a Water Warning category Alert Stage 2 but we haven’t had the conditions to push us that direction quickly. With the excessive temperatures this weekend followed by another week of 90 degrees, the conditions may deteriorate quickly over the next two weeks depending on river conditions and water use by customers. We have shut down all non-essential watering and the park grass will likely not remail green for much longer. I will coordinate with Andy and Ryan to see if we need the Council to pass a Curtailment Resolution. If we get to that point then citations for not following the Action Measures in the attached tables will be in effect. Here is the code language today: 13.04.055 Restricted use of water. A. The City Council may, by resolution, at such times as it deems appropriate, restrict the use of City water. B. It is unlawful for anyone to use water in violation of the terms of a water restriction resolution duly imposed by the City Council. Violation of such restrictions may be punishable by a fine not exceeding $100.00 for each day of the violation. (Ord. 1988-1 §1) Regards, Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director City of Molalla 117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038 Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. From: Gerald Fisher Sent: Friday, June 25, 2021 9:12 AM To: Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com> Cc: Darlene Bishop (Molalla) <dbishop@cityofmolalla.com> Subject: Water Conservation Notice Hi Dan, Because of ongoing drought conditions and the potential for flow in the Molalla River to decrease due to low rainfall and snowpack, I would like to get the community to start thinking about conservation for this summer. If this looks good then I would like to have Darlene post it to our website, FB, and Instagram. This is a precursor to the Water Curtailment Plan and the next step would be to go to alert stage #1, if necessary. Here is our notification below and I have attached the Water Curtailment Plan table from the master plan that shows the next steps if we need to go to more strict requirements. Oregon Drought Conditions Continue – Water Conservation Recommended The City of Molalla would like your help reducing water use by all customers. Due to continued drought conditions and the high potential for fire, Public Works is asking water users to begin conserving water for basic use and fire fighting activities. The City has not activated its curtailment plan at this time and the more conservation we do now the less likely we will have to move into the curtailment drinking water. We think you in advance for you help and for more water conservation ideas and tips please visit our Water Conservation Tip Sheet at https://www.cityofmolalla.com/publicworks/page/water-conservation-tip-sheet. There are recommendations to conserve water both indoors and outdoors, links to EPA water conservation tips, and a water use calculator to find individual strategies for conservation. Regards, Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director City of Molalla 117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038 Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.