CHAPTER 541
STATE OF DELAWARE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
DOVER
EXECUTIVE ORDER NUMBER SIXTEEN
RE: RECISION OF MANDATORY WATER USE RESTRICTIONS
NOW, THEREFORE, I MICHAEL N. CASTLE. by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Delaware, do hereby order and declare as follows:
1. The mandatory water- use restrictions upon water users in that portion of the State of Delaware north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal imposed by Executive Order No. 14 (Paragraphs I (A)- (g)) are hereby rescinded.
2. The drought warning for the State of Delaware, as declared pursuant to my authority under 20 Del. C. §3132 on May 9, 1985 (Executive Order No. 5) shall continue in effect.
3. The Drought Advisory Committee shall continue to meet on a regular basis and report to the Governor on water supply and hydrological conditions within the State of Delaware.
4. Those agencies of the State of Delaware which have undertaken drought response actions and studies pursuant to Executive Order No. 11 dated July 31. 1985 shall complete said actions and/or studies, to wit:
(a) The Public Service Commission, in conjunction with the Division of Water Resources of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, shall establish after due hearing, appropriate procedures and levels of fines and/or surcharges for all public and private water utilities to follow for the purpose of curtailing water consumption in the event of a declared drought emergency pursuant to 20 Del. C. §3133;
(b) The Public Service Commission shall establish after due hearing procedures to be used in the event of a declared drought emergency. increased conjunctive use and pass through transfers for conjunctive use, and shall further establish a procedure for raising and allocating funds to pay those expenses associated with the increased movements of surface water.
5. Those public water suppliers and major industrial water users in northern New Castle County should continue to develop water shortage contingency plans and should complete such plans for review by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
6. The voluntary restrictions on the non essential use of water imposed by Executive Order No. 5 dated May 9, 1985 shall remain in effect.
Approved this 31st day of October. 1985. (GREAT SEAL)