Cities and counties from throughout the Texas Hill Country recently met to identify best practices for addressing water needs throughout the fast-growing region, which includes Travis County. October’s One Water in the Texas Hill Country conference – organized by the Hill Country Alliance, the city of Boerne and Cibolo Center for Conservation – highlighted a number of sustainable water practices, including:
- creation of a low-impact development ordinance focusing on filtering stormwater and protecting stream setbacks
- raising minimum lot sizes for private wells to 10 acres
- delivering treated wastewater to areas needing irrigation
- integrating water conservation and reuse into building designs
Participants were encouraged to introduce these and other practices into their planning and development processes, which is important as the region continues to experience extreme drought.