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Consider and take action on a resolution adopting the City of League City’s 2024 Updated 5-Year Water Conservation Plan (Director of Public Works)
Background:
Approval of this item complies with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's (TCEQ) requirement to update the City’s Water Conservation Plan every five years. Rules for governing development of water conservation plans for public water suppliers are contained in Title 30, Part 1, Chapter 288, Subchapter A, and Rule 288.2 of the Texas Administrative Code. This proposed update represents water conservation activities from 2019 through 2023. This information is included in the attached plan and provides further definition of the plan’s content. The 2024 plan itself has minimal changes but does update 5-year performance indicators.
Key points of this plan are as follows:
Objectives of this Water Conservation Plan
• To reduce water consumption from the levels that would prevail without conservation efforts
• To reduce the loss and waste of water
• To improve efficiency in the use of water
• To encourage efficient outdoor water use
• To document the level of recycling and reuse in the water supply
• To extend the life of current water supplies by reducing the rate of growth in demand
Under the 2019 through 2023 plan the following objectives were achieved or are ongoing
• Five-year average Per Capita Municipal Use was reduced from 115 gpcd to 108 gpcd, meeting the projected 2023 reduction goal
• Continued efforts to expand outreach efforts, that includes a water conservation mascot, Captain H2O, who accompanies the conservation team to local schools, daycares, public events, and utility-oriented training even
• The Dallas Salmon WWTP continues to provide Type 2 Reuse effluent for irrigation and produces 80 million to 200 million gallons annually
• Implemented successful Rain Barrel and Rebate Program selling 1,571 rain barrel kits and providing $11,675 in rebates during this time pe...
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