In the drought-prone region between Dallas and Austin, the water utility in Round Rock takes water conservation seriously.
The utility encourages conservation by promoting reuse water, having a tiered rate structure, educating residents on smart irrigation, promoting water-saving appliances with rebates, helping customers find leaks, and actively detecting leaks in the water infrastructure.
The results have been impressive. Peak water use has dropped, even though the city’s population has grown 20%. Total gallons per capita per day dropped 29%, from 206 in 2009 to 146 in 2019.
Decades of reuseThe city has offered reuse water for irrigation since 1998, when a golf course
