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<br /> <br />10 <br />Water Use Priorities (Minnesota Statutes 103G.261) <br /> <br />First Priority. Domestic water supply, excluding industrial and commercial uses of municipal water supply, and use for power <br />production that meets contingency requirements. <br /> <br />NOTE: Domestic use is defined (MN Rules 6115.0630, Subp. 9), as use for general household purposes for human needs <br />such as cooking, cleaning, drinking, washing, and waste disposal, and uses for on-farm livestock watering excluding <br />commercial livestock operations which use more than 10,000 gallons per day or one million gallons per year. <br /> <br />Second Priority. Water uses involving consumption of less than 10,000 gallons per day. <br /> <br />Third Priority. Agricultural irrigation and processing of agricultural products. <br /> <br />Fourth Priority. Power production in excess of the use provided for in the contingency plan under first priority. <br /> <br />Fifth Priority. Uses, other than agricultural irrigation, processing of agricultural products, and power production. <br /> <br />Sixth Priority. Non-essential uses. These uses are defined by Minnesota Statutes 103G.291 as lawn sprinkling, vehicle <br />washing, golf course and park irrigation, and other non-essential uses. <br /> <br />List the statutory water use priorities along with any local priorities (hospitals, nursing <br />homes, etc.) in Table 8. Water used for human needs at hospitals, nursing homes and similar <br />types of facilities should be designated as a high priority to be maintained in an emergency. <br />Local allocation priorities will need to address water used for human needs at other types of <br />facilities such as hotels, office buildings, and manufacturing plants. The volume of water <br />and other types of water uses at these facilities must be carefully considered. After <br />reviewing the data, common sense should dictate local allocation priorities to protect <br />domestic requirements over certain types of economic needs. In Table 8, list the priority <br />ranking, average day demand and demand reduction potential for each customer category <br />(modify customer categories if necessary). <br /> <br />Table 8 Water Use Priorities <br />Customer Category Allocation Priority Average Day Demand <br />(GPD) yearly average <br />Demand Reduction <br />Potential (GPD) <br />Residential 1 1,012,108 501,676 <br />Institutional / <br />Irrigation <br />2 & 5 59,068 29,588 <br />Commercial 3 161,156 72,676 <br />Industrial 4 43,920 34,092 <br />Non Essential 6 ????? All use / complete ban <br /> <br /> <br /> TOTALS 1,276,252 638,032 <br />GPD – Gallons per Day <br /> <br />Institutional and irrigation water uses are accounted in the same category, but would be <br />considered under different allocation categories. <br /> <br />Demand Reduction Potential. The demand reduction potential for residential use will typically be the base <br />demand during the winter months when water use for non-essential uses such as lawn watering do not occur. The <br />difference between summer and winter demands typically defines the demand reduction that can be achieved by <br />eliminating non-essential uses. In extreme emergency situations lower priority water uses must be restricted or <br />eliminated to protect first priority domestic water requirements. Short-term demand reduction potential should be <br />based on average day demands for customer categories within each priority class.