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<br />Covered Entity: means each municipality, agency, utility, including any privately owned utility,
<br />or other publicly owned entity with a legal obligation to supply, distribute, or otherwise provide
<br />water at retail to domestic, commercial, industrial, or public facility customers, and that has a
<br />total demand for such customers of two thousand acre-feet or more.
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<br />D'rought Mitigation: Those actions and programs that are used prior to and during periods of
<br />unusual water scarcity to reduce the occurrence and severity of water supply shortages, and
<br />manage water supply and water demand appropriately.
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<br />Individual with the Authority to Commit Resources: Any individual within the submitting
<br />entity that has the authority to commit the organization's resources for the development and
<br />implementation of a water conservation plan. Examples include the City or County Manager,
<br />Mayor, Executive Director of a Special District, City Councilperson, etc.
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<br />Office: means the Office of Water Conservation and Drought Planning created in section 937-60-
<br />124.
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<br />Plan Elements: means those components of Drought Mitigation Plans that address actions and
<br />programs that may be undertaken by a submitting entity to develop, implement, monitor, review,
<br />and revise its Drought Mitigation Plan.
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<br />Public Facility: means any facility operated by an instrument of government for the benefit of
<br />the public, including, but not limited to, a government building, park or other recreational facility,
<br />school, college, university, or other educational institution, highway, hospital, or stadium.
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<br />Retail Water Delivery: means all water sales, except wholesale water sales, made by the covered
<br />or planning entity except wholesale water sales through installments, credit sales, or the exchange
<br />of property, as well as, the sale thereof for money; every such transaction for a consideration,
<br />conditional or otherwise, constituting a sale; and/or the sale or furnishing of water.
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<br />Submitting Entity: means any covered entity or state or local governmental entity that submits a
<br />Drought Mitigation Plan for Office review and approval.
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<br />Water Conservation: means water use efficiency, wise water use, water transmission and
<br />distribution system efficiency, and supply substitution. The objective of water conservation is a
<br />long-term increase in the productive use of water supply in order to satisfY water supply needs
<br />without compromising desired water services.
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<br />Water Reuse: Use of reclaimed water for a beneficial use constitutes water reuse. Direct water
<br />reuse includes treating wastewater and piping it directly into a water system without intervening
<br />dilution in natural water bodies. Indirect reuse includes an intermediate step between the
<br />generation of reclaimed water and reuse, which may be through discharge, retention, and mixing
<br />with another water supply.
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<br />Water-Saving Measures and Programs: includes any device, fixture, practice, hardware, or
<br />equipment that reduces water demands and a program that uses a combination of measures and
<br />incentives that provides for an increase in the productive use of a local water supply.
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