Despite a long-standing, aggressive water conservation program, the City of Austin needed to develop additional conservation strategies to meet a City Council goal of reducing water use by 1 percent a year for ten years. This paper details the strategies discussed and ultimately recommended by staff and a Council-formed Water Conservation Task Force over a hectic 120-day period.

water conservation, policies, irrigation, toilet retrofit, submetering, soil depth, watering restrictions, reuse
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