Council members will discuss whether Drought Level 1 of the city’s water conservation and drought contingency plan should be implemented.
For Drought Level 1 to go into effect, the Council must determine the city has less than 24 months of water supply.
If so, beginning Aug. 1, watering would be restricted to once every seven days, and most customers would temporarily pay 5 percent more for water to encourage conservation.
According to Anthony Wilson, the city’s public information officer, the rules apply to residential and commercial users.
One industry not affected by Drought Level I is car washes.
Wilson said most of them reuse and recycle their water so their business is not affected.
To return to standard conservation mode, which San Angelo is in now, the city would need to have a lot of heavy rainfall over a short period of time.
"This would create a run-off into the rivers and streams and would replenish our lakes," Wilson said.
Wilson said Goodfellow would be under the same regulations as everyone else, and the city is awaiting information from the federal government on what effect the temporary residents will have on San Angelo’s water supply.
Potential cost increases Residential usage Cost per 1,000 gallons Added charge 0-2,000 gallons $3.30 0 3K-5K gallons $4.81 5% 6K-15K gallons $5.62 5% 16K-39K gallons $6.02 10% >39K gallons $11.02 20% Non-residential usage Cost per 1,000 gallons Added charge All gallons $6.01 5% Landscape usage Cost per 1,000 gallons Added charge Summer 0-89K gallons $6.07 10% Summer >89K gallons $13.58 10%