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7. Leak Detection and -Repair The City's maintenance crews are on call 24 hours per day, seven days per week and are ready to respond to water leaks, pipeline ruptures, and damaged facilities on short notice. The maintenance crews are fully staffed and maintain an inventory of the supplies necessary to make repairs to any of the City's water facilities. Utility Department management maintains a complete record and map of distribution system leaks and repairs. Analysis of this record allows pipelines and other facilities to be scheduled for replacement as part of the City's capital improvement program. 8. Water Waste Ordinance The City's Municipal Code Title 13, Chapter 13.04, Section 200 authorizes the City to monitor water use and, in cases of exceptionally high water use or other waste, order the customer to make changes and improvements necessary to conserve water. Should any user fill to make such changes or improvements to conserve water,, the City can terminate service and cease to supply water to the customer until conservation measures are implemented. Water Rule No. 15 prohibits customers from allowing water to run onto any public street. C. WATER SOURCES AND SUPPLY OUTLOOK The primary objective of the City's Utility Department is to provide a safe and reliable supply of potable water to all customers. The City recognizes that growth in the community, drought conditions, and ground water contamination have the potential to harm its ability to continue to meet the primary water supply objectives. Consequently, the City contracted with Camp, Dresser & McKee (CDM) to prepare a report on supplemental water supply alternatives. The report, entitled Feasibility Study of Supplemental Water Supply Alternatives for the City of Colton, was completed in D. WATER RESOURCES 1. Present Supplies Water resources currently available to the City consist of ground water from the Bunker Hill, Colton. -Rialto Basin and North Riverside basin. Two of the basins are separated by the San Jacinth Fault, with the Bunker Hill Basin to the northeast and the Colton -Rialto Basin to the southwest of the fault. Ground water extractions are made via a network of 15 water production wells owned and operated by the City. 11