Hallsville Water Use Limitations and Prohibitions ordinance (§ 705.520)

A. In times of emergency as herein provided, the following use and withdrawals of water by any person shall comply at all times with such limitations and restrictions that the City may see fit to impose and declare to be in force and effect. The restrictions may be a cutback in the normal use of water, alternate and staggered days or periods, during which time customers may use water for the following uses. In cases considered extreme, some or all such uses shall be prohibited.

1. Watering yards: namely the sprinkling, watering or irrigating of shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, ground covers, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, lowers or any other vegetation. This shall be allowed only on Saturday from sunrise to sunset;

2. Washing mobile equipment: namely, the washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, trailer-houses, railroad cars or any other type of mobile equipment;

3. Cleaning outdoor surfaces: namely, the washing of sidewalks, driveways, filling station aprons, porches and other outdoor surfaces;

4. Cleaning buildings: namely, the washing of the outside of dwellings and of the inside and outside of office and other commercial buildings;

5. Cleaning equipment and machinery: namely, the washing and cleaning of any business or industrial equipment and machinery;

6. Swimming pools: namely, swimming and wading pools after the date of the declaration;

7. Ornamental fountains: namely, the operation of any ornamental fountain or other structure making a similar use of water;

8. Sale to bulk haulers: namely, the sale of water to non-metered customers hauling the same to out-of-town consumers;

9. Sale to out-of-town customers: namely, all bulk or tank sale, coin-operated facilities where water is sold to persons hauling the same for their own use;

10. Cooling water: namely, no water is to be used for cooling machinery, air-conditioning or heating unless said water is recycled within a closed system;

11. Dust control: namely, no water is to be used for the control of dust;

12. Flushing mains: namely, no flushing of water mains by City Water Department employees except to alleviate specific customers' complaints;

13. Use from a fire hydrant: namely, no use of water from a fire hydrant except for fighting fires for human consumption.