Equivalent Residential Unit (EQR) definition
Equivalent Residential Unit (EQR) means a number related to the volume of water necessary to meet the demand and consumptive use requirements of an average dwelling unit housing not more than three and one-half (3.5) persons and having not more than two thousand five hundred (2,500) square feet of irrigated area. The EQR unit value assigned to such average dwelling unit is one (1.0). The EQR unit value assigned to any particular dwelling unit may be greater than, equal to or less than one (1.0). The EQR unit value assigned to other uses shall be based on the Town's estimated volume of water demanded and consumed by such uses as compared to the volume of water demanded and consumed by such average dwelling unit. The EQR unit value assigned to such uses is set forth in a table of EQR units in the Town of Parachute Water and Sewer Tap Ordinance of 1984, Ordinance No. 229, as such Table may be amended.