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2121 Cross Timbers Road
Flower Mound, Texas 75028
972.874.6000

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Public Works

Stage One - Voluntary Water Awareness Summary

Water Conservation - Water Quality Report - Water Use Ordinance

Goal

Achieve a voluntary 1% reduction in total gallons per capita per day (GPCD).

 

Triggering Criteria

Water Awareness may be triggered by any one of the following:

  1. Either wholesale water supplier(s) implement restrictive measures that require customers to implement similar restrictions for reasons such as conserving  reservoir levels, maintaining system pressures, water treatment capacity, or other such items requiring cooperation; or
  2. Total water consumption reaches 75% of the Town’s water distribution system pumping capacity.

Actions Available
Specific actions taken during any drought situation will be determined by the Flower Mound Town Manager. The Town Manager may also take other actions not listed, if deemed necessary.  Following is a menu of possible actions.

 

All Water Customers
  1. All users shall refrain from lawn and garden watering or irrigation between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  2. Encourage the reduction of water use through a voluntary day-of-week watering schedule. Irrigation of landscaped areas with hose-end sprinklers or automatic irrigation systems shall be limited to
    Last Digit of Address Allowed Watering Days
    Even Numbers (0, 2, 4, 6, 8) Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
    Odd Numbers (1, 3, 5, 7, 9) Saturdays, Mondays, Wednesdays
    Apartments, office building complexes, or other property containing multiple addresses shall be identified by the lowest address number.  Irrigation of landscaped areas is permitted at anytime if it is by means of a hand-held hose, faucet filled bucket, or drip irrigation.
  3. Encourage reduction in the frequency of watering new and first year landscaping and foundations.
  4. Encourage only initial filling of ornamental fountains or ponds.
  5. Encourage reduction in the frequency of washing and rinsing vehicles and recommend the use of bucket/container, hand-held hose with positive shut-off valve or commercial car wash.
  6. Encourage reduction in the frequency of draining and refilling of swimming pools.
  7. Encourage reduction in recreational water use including the use of faucets, hoses, or hydrants which use water in such a manner as to allow run-off or other waste.

 

City Government
  1. Initiate a public education campaign teaching and encouraging reduced water use practices for both Town water and water from private wells.
  2. Notices will be published in local papers, will appear on local cable channel and posted on the Town’s web page informing the public of the trigger condition(s) prompting the measure and requesting that water users voluntarily reduce water consumption.
  3. Increase public awareness through the distribution of conservation pamphlets, including water conservation tips on utility billings, and including notices and suggestions in newsletters.
  4. Weekly status updates on the condition(s) causing activation of the management measure will be displayed on the local cable television channel and appear on the Town’s website.
  5. Waste of water shall be prohibited by eliminating such actions that allow excessive amounts of water to escape from irrigated areas as runoff into gutters, ditches, streets, and other surface drains; failing to promptly repair a controllable leak; and, other obvious wasteful uses and conditions.
  6. Intensify normal leak detection and repair activities on waterlines.
  7. Encourage reduction of water use in Town-owned ornamental fountains or ponds.
  8. Encourage reduction in water use for landscaping for parks and athletic fields.

 

Commercial Customers
  1. Commercial users, Home Owners Associations, and other non-residential irrigation system owners will be contacted and asked to reduce water use by inspecting their systems. Corrective measures would limit over watering to prevent runoff, repairing broken or damaged sprinkler heads, and repair of any leaks that may be identified.
  2. Identify and encourage voluntary reduction measures by high-volume water users through water audits.
  3. Encourage reduction in water use for commercial landscaping, open space, parks and golf courses.
  4. Encourage reduction in water use for landscape nursery stock.