| (H) any other alternative determined by the executive
director to be acceptable.
(2) Each affected utility that supplies, provides,
or conveys surface water to wholesale customers shall install and
maintain automatically starting auxiliary generators or distributive
generation facilities for each raw water intake pump station, water
treatment plant, pump station, and pressure facility necessary to
provide water to its wholesale customers.
(3) Emergency generators used as part of an approved
emergency preparedness plan must be maintained, tested, and operated
in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications.
(4) An affected utility may adopt and is encouraged
to enforce limitations on water use while the utility is providing
emergency operations.
(5) As soon as safe and practicable following the occurrence
of a natural disaster, an affected utility must operate in accordance
with its approved emergency preparedness plan, which may include using
elevated storage. An affected utility may meet the requirements of
Texas Water Code, §13.1395, including having a currently approved
emergency preparedness plan, in lieu of any other rules regarding
elevated storage requirements, provided that, under normal operating
conditions, the affected utility continues to meet the pressure requirements
of §290.46(r) of this title and the production, treatment, total
storage and service pump capacity requirements of this subchapter.
(6) An affected utility must maintain on-site, or make
readily available during emergency operations, an amount of fuel necessary
to operate any required emergency power equipment necessary to maintain
emergency operations.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §290.45 adopted to be effective October 1, 1992, 17 TexReg 6455; amended to be effective November 3, 1995, 20 TexReg 8620; amended to be effective February 4, 1999, 24 TexReg 731; amended to be effective September 13, 2000, 25 TexReg 8880; amended to be effective May 16, 2002, 27 TexReg 4127; amended to be effective January 30, 2003, 28 TexReg 697; amended to be effective February 19, 2004, 29 TexReg 1373; amended to be effective January 9, 2008, 33 TexReg 198; amended to be effective December 10, 2009, 34 TexReg 8744; amended to be effective September 11, 2014, 39TexReg7145; amended to be effective July 30, 2015, 40 TexReg 4769 |
