HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-025 Adopting the City of Port Townsend Water Use Efficiency Goal for the Period 2026-2031 and Incorporating the Goal into the City's Water Use Efficiency ProgramResolution 25-025
RESOLUTION NO.25-025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,
WASHINGTON TO ADOPTING THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND WATER USE
EFFICIENCY GOAL FOR THE PERIOD 2026-2031 AND INCORPORATING THE
GOAL INTO THE CITY'S WATER USE EFFICIENCY PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, in 2003 the Washington State Legislature passed the Municipal Water Law
to address increasing demand on the State's water resources and directed the State Department of
Health to oversee and enforce a Water Use Efficiency Program to help ensure a safe and reliable
drinking water supply; and
WHEREAS, this program became effective on 22 January 2007 and established certain
responsibilities that water suppliers must meet to include: a Water Use Efficiency Program;
Distribution Leakage Standard; Goal Setting and Performance Reporting; and a Metering
Requirement; and
WHEREAS, the Water Use Efficiency goals are to be established through a public
process for a six -year period and are to be re-evaluated at the end of each 6-year cycle; and
WHEREAS, the adopted goals become a part of the City's Water Use Efficiency
Program which is reported to the Department of Health and water customers annually; and
WHEREAS, the city proposed a WUE program that includes the updated customer goal
for the next six years (2026-2031) of maintaining city-wide per capita daily consumption at or
below the current three year rolling average of 91 gallons per capita per day (gpcd) and received
public comment on the goal at the August 18, 2025 City council meeting;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port
Townsend as follows:
That the City adopt the proposed Water Use Efficiency Goal for the period 2026-
2031 and incorporate the goal into the City of Port Townsend Water Use Efficiency
Program as presented and incorporated herein.
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend at a special
meeting thereof, held this 18th day of August, 2025.
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