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Evaluation of Best Management Practices
" Year-round prohibition of outdoor watering with sprinklers from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
(a "prohibitions on wasting water" best management practice). Watering by hand and
with soaker hoses is allowed.
" Customers responsible for preventing avoidable waste of water, including loss from a
controllable leak or from an irrigation system malfunction, such as a broken sprinkler
and/or overspray on impervious surfaces with runoff greater than 150 feet (a
"prohibitions on wasting water" best management practice).
" Installation of operational rain and freeze sensors on all new irrigation systems (a
"landscape irrigation conservation and incentives" best management practice).
" Retrofitting of existing irrigation systems installed prior to January 1, 2007, with a rain
and freeze sensor (a "landscape irrigation conservation and incentives" best
management practice). Single-family residential, duplex properties, or individually
metered townhomes or condominium units are exempt.
* New irrigation systems to comply with state design (TAC Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 344)
and City of Arlington (Ord. No. 08-108) installation regulations (a "landscape irrigation
conservation and incentives" best management practice).
- " Enforcement of regulations, with warnings followed by possible fines or suspended water
services for continued or repeat violations (a "prohibitions on wasting water" best
management practice).
Dallas Water Utilities (333,057 connections) and the Dallas City Council authorized a
hospitality program (a "conservation programs for institutional, commercial and industrial
accounts" best management practice) to encourage hotels, motels, and restaurants to expand
efforts to save water by volunteering to participate in the city's program. Participating hotels
and motels encourage guests to use fewer linen and towel changes, and serve water by request
only in their dining areas. The citysprovides freerpublic service announcements to participating
lodging facilities to educate guests about the program. Dallas area restaurants are alsoI
encouraged to serve water by request only. Free marketing and promotional materials are
provided for participating establishments.
Looking forward
In addition to recognizing the need to assist utilities in identifying appropriate best
management practices to include in their water conservation plans, the 85th Texas Legislature
appropriated funding to develop a municipal water conservation planning tool to use in thedevelopment of conservation plans and regional water plans. The intent is to help staff and
consultants developing water conservation plans to identify the cost/benefit of appropriate best
management practices.
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Texas Water Development Board. Evaluation of the Best Management Practices in Certain Water Conservation Plants, report, January 1, 2019; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1364554/m1/16/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.