MN SF243

Public water suppliers serving more than 1,000 people must employ water use demand reduction measures, including a conservation rate structure, unless recharge rates for all groundwater sources are known.

Conservation rate structures may include increasing block rates, seasonal rates, time of use rates, individualized goal rates, or excess use rates to encourage water conservation.

For multifamily dwellings, conservation rates must treat each residential unit as an individual user.

Public water suppliers must implement demand reduction measures by January 1, 2015.

Water suppliers must include demand reduction measures in their water supply plans before requesting approval to construct new wells or increase authorized water appropriation volumes.