Sec. 362.208. - Emergency use of funds and public property; provision of potable water to water pollution emergency area.

(a) The Mayor is authorized, as soon as the declaration is issued, to use funds not otherwise appropriated, as well as appropriated funds, to begin the emergency procedures herein authorized. Funds not otherwise appropriated may be used up to a maximum amount of $50,000 and, to the extent that they are so used, they are hereby appropriated for the purposes of the water pollution emergency. Expenditures of funds not otherwise appropriated shall be reported to the Council Auditor as soon as they are approved for expenditure. The Mayor may direct or authorize the use of necessary public property for the duration of the emergency. (b) The Mayor may make arrangements for the immediate provision of potable water to the water pollution emergency area, using any one or a combination of the following: (1) The purchase and distribution of bulk potable water supplies. (2) The purchase and distribution of bottled water. (3) The installation and operation of temporary water production and transmission facilities. (4) The extension of the City's water transmission lines to the water pollution emergency area, whether or not this extension is in accordance with the Master Plan for Water and Sewer Utility Development under Chapter 750 . (5) The digging of wells in unpolluted portions of the water pollution emergency area or to unpolluted aquifers, as determined by the Department, whether on public or private property, and the treatment and distribution of water from these wells or the deepening of existing wells to tap other sources of water which are not polluted. (6) The plugging or repair of wells that may be contributing to the pollution. (Ord. 85-277-165, § 1)