City of Austin Water & Wastewater has submitted their Annual Report

The purpose of an Annual Report is to evaluate an entity's progress of program implementation for the water conservation plan. Submitting this report is essential to a utility reviewing conservation programs annually and evaluating program successes and needs.This information is also helpful to the agency managing and planning our state water resources.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has submitted their Water Audit Report

The purpose of a Water Audit Report is to provide utilities with a standardized approach to auditing water loss. Submitting this report is essential to help a utility understand where and how much water is being used or lost within the distribution system. This information is also helpful to the agency managing and planning our state water resources.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has 15.5% Water Loss

The percentage of water lost from the distribution system provides the utility with a baseline from which to monitor and improve water loss control. A higher percent water loss means that a utility is losing water that could be used or conserved to delay potential expensive water infrastructure projects in the future. Since publication of the original Scorecard in 2016, the breakpoints for percent water loss have changed. The breakpoints identified above are based on average percent water loss between 2015 and 2018 for all evaluated utilities. The previous breakpoints were as follows:

% Water Loss of less than or equal to 6.5% - 15 points

% Water Loss of greater than 6.5% to 11% - 10 points

% Water Loss of greater than 11% to 15.4% - 5 points

% Water Loss greater than 15.4% - 0 points

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has implemented 25 BMPs

BMPs are voluntary efficiency measures that are intended to save a quantifiable amount of water and can be implemented within a specified timeframe. The greater number of BMPs a utility implements the more extensive reach water conservation measures will have, not only within the utility but throughout the city as a whole.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has submitted their Water Conservation Plan

The purpose of a Water Conservation Plan is to ensure water use efficiency within a water utility's operation. Submitting this plan is essential to a utility reducing the consumption of water, reducing the loss or waste of water, and improving or maintaining the efficiency in the use of water. This information is also helpful to the agency managing and planning our state water resources.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has a Water Conservation Plan on their website.

The WCP is a strategy or combination of strategies for reducing the consumption of water. Communication of the WCP and/or water conservation information on the city website educates the public on current programs and how residents can become more engaged in conservation practices.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has Exceeded their water use reduction goal

Comparing a utility's 5-year water use goal set in its previous WCP to its actual water use in its current WCP provides feedback as to the utility's ability to reduce water use and meet its 5-year goal.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has a moderately low GPCD (less than or equal to 140) and received 10 points

Determining whether a utility has set a strong conservation 5-year goal in its previous WCP provides feedback as to the utility's willingness to implement water use reduction strategies. The utility is given more points for a higher percent water use reduction goal or for a currently low GPCD.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has implemented a 1x/week outdoor watering schedule.

The TWDB has reported that annually outdoor water use accounts for approx. 31% of water use in Texas single-family homes. A significant reduction in annual and peak water use could be realized if a city implemented a mandatory year-round outdoor watering schedule.

City of Austin Water & Wastewater has a 58.6% pricing signal

A water conservation pricing signal is a rate structure designed and priced in a way that significantly increases a consumer's water bill when he or she uses more water. The above percentages reflect the rate increase when a consumer uses 10,000 gallons versus 5,000 gallons.