Drought Contingency

The City of Shenandoah recognizes its fundamental responsibility to provide an adequate supply of safe drinking water for residents and businesses within its city limits. Because drinking water is a precious natural resource, careful planning is needed to ensure that water suppliers are protected from contamination, are distributed effectively and efficiently to end users, and that procedures are in place to monitor consumption and to avoid waste.

Stages of Water Shortage

Water shortage severity is determined by “triggers” based on known system capacity limits.

• Stage 1 (PDF) - Average run time of city wells are at or above 16 hours per day for five consecutive days
• Stage 2 (PDF) - Average run time of city wells are at or above 18 hours per day for five consecutive days
• Stage 3 (PDF) - Average run time of city wells are at or above 20 hours per day for five consecutive days
• Stage 4 (PDF) - Average run time of city wells are at or above  21 hours per day for five consecutive days
• Stage 5 (PDF) - Average run time of city wells are at or above 22 hours per day for five consecutive days

View the Full Drought Contingency Plan (PDF).