Water Restrictions to the South

I just received a postcard from the Austin Water Utility recapping their rules for commercial and residential sprinkler usage. Beginning May 1 and ending September 30, you cannot water from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and commercial properties cannot water *at all* Saturday through Monday.

And how many lakes does Austin have? Lake Travis, Town Lake, the Colorado River . . . I don't think Waco has had water restrictions, but it does look like we would do well to exercise good water stewardship to avoid restrictions in the future.

If you go to Austin's Water Conservation web site, you'll see that the City of Austin will buy it residents a new, water conserving toilet. These are 1.28 gallons per flush. You can see the savings if you're comparing it to the old 5 gallon per flush toilets that we all had just 10-15 years ago. Realize that only about 7% of your total water usage is attributed to the bathroom. It's a good deal for Austin and for its constituents but it only speaks to that 7% usage.

Your landscape uses 70% of your total water on average. Do you see what impact the Rainstat Controller and Weather Station will have on this resource if it can cut it by 20% to 50%?

Please call us today. Ask questions. Schedule an upgrade to your sprinkler system that will pay for itself in water savings. Our phone number in Waco is 254.829.3800.