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Tracking Success: Creating the Texas Water Conservation Scorecard
1. Tracking Success:
Creating the Texas Water Conservation Scorecard
Jennifer Walker
Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter
Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium
2. The Texas Living Waters Project is a joint effort of the Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter,
National Wildlife Federation and our regional partner, Galveston Bay Foundation.
Together, we work to transform the way Texas manages water to better protect our springs,
rivers and estuaries in order to meet the water needs of both people and the environment.
3. Our goals in creating the
Texas Water Conservation Scorecard
The Scorecard asks:
– Are water utilities meeting the State’s legal requirements on conservation?
– Are these “municipal” water suppliers making their best efforts to reduce
per capita water use, and thus saving water and money for Texans?
WATER CONSERVATION IS A BIG DEAL IN TEXAS BECAUSE WATER IS A BIG DEAL IN TEXAS
4. Where did we get our data?
• Water Conservation Plan (WCP) and Water Conservation Plan
Annual Report
As of 2016, Texas Administrative Code (TAC) 31 Chapter 363 Subchapter A,
Rule 363.15 requires the submission of a Water Conservation Plan (WCP)
every 5 years and the Water Conservation Plan Annual Report to the TWDB
every year for utilities meeting certain criteria.
• Utility Profile
As of 2016, the TAC 31 Chapter 363 Subchapter A, Rule 363.15(b)(1)(A)
requires a Utility Profile to be included in the above mentioned Water
Conservation Plan for utilities meeting certain criteria.
• Water Loss Audit
As of 2016, TAC 31 Chapter 358, Subchapter B, Rule 358.6 requires a Water
Loss Audit to be performed and submitted to the TWDB annually for utilities
meeting certain criteria.
5. Our Data Sources
Texas Water Development
Board (TWDB)
Submissions
Texas Municipal League
(TML) Annual Water
Survey
Water Utility Website
WATER CONSERVATION
PLAN (WCP)
WATER RATE INCREASE
FOR MONTHLY USE OF
5,000 GALLONS VS.
10,000 GALLONS
RESTRICTIONS ON
OUTDOOR WATERING
USE
WCP ANNUAL REPORT WATER
CONSERVATION PLANS
AND/OR WATER
CONSERVATION INFO
WATER LOSS AUDIT
6. Texas Water Conservation Scorecard
Evaluation Criteria
Large Utilities: serve a population of 100,000 or more
• Utility Evaluation – 10 criteria
• Highest possible score – 100
• Narrative detailing utility program details not reflected by criteria
• 35 Utilities Evaluated
Medium Utilities: serve population size of 25,000 - 100,000
• Utility Evaluation – 10 criteria
• Highest possible score – 100
• 91 Utilities Evaluated
Small Utilities: serve population size of 3,300 - 25,000
• Utility Evaluation – 6 criteria
• Highest possible score – 55
• 180 Utilities Evaluated
7. • Yes 5 points
• No 0 points
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
TWDB in water resources planning.
(all utilities evaluated)
No. 1- Did the utility submit its most-recent required
Water Conservation Plan (WCP) to the State?
8. • Yes 5 points
• No 0 points
The purpose of an Annual Report is to evaluate an entity’s
progress in implementing programs to achieve targets and goals
in 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 TWDB in water resources planning.
(all utilities evaluated)
No. 2 - Did the utility submit its most recent Annual
Report (on implementation of its Water Conservation
Plan) to the State?
9. No. 3 - Did the Utility submit its most-recent annual
Water Audit Report to the State?
• Yes 5 points
• No 0 points
The purpose of a Water Audit Report (also known as a Water Loss
Audit) is to provide utilities with a standardized approach to
auditing water loss. Preparing a Water Audit Report is essential to
help a utility understand where and how much water is being lost
from the distribution system. Submitting a Water Audit Report to
TWDB is helpful to the agency in water resources planning and
decisions about State financial assistance.
(all utilities evaluated)
10. No. 4 - What was the Utility’s most recent reported total
percent water loss as stated in its Water Audit Report?
• % 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
Each Water Audit Report has a number of metrics that might be
used to describe a utility’s water loss. We chose to use “unadjusted
total water loss,” which is presented as a percentage of the utility’s
total water pumped, as the metric for this evaluation. This metric is
the one that the public most likely will see from time to time in the
news media in reports about their utility’s “water loss.”
(all utilities evaluated)
11. • Yes, Water Conservation Plan (WCP), 5 points
• Yes, Water Conservation Information Only, 3 points
• No, 0 points
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 a utility or city
website educates the public on current programs and how
residents can become more engaged in conservation
practices.
(only large and medium utilities evaluated)
No. 5 - Does the Utility have a publicly accessible Water
Conservation Plan (WCP) and/or other conservation
information on their website?
12. • 5-year water use reduction goal exceeded, 10 points
• 5-year water use reduction goal reached, 5 points
• 5-year water use reduction goal not achieved, 0
points
Comparing a utility’s 5-year water use goal set in its previous
WCP to its actual water use submitted in its 2014 Annual
Report provides feedback as to the utility’s ability to meet a
5-year goal to reduce water use.
(only large and medium utilities evaluated)
No. 6 - Did the utility achieve the 5-year goal for water use
reduction stated in its most recent previous Water
Conservation Plan (WCP)?
13. No. 7 - Has the utility already achieved a relatively low GPCD
(gallons per capita per day) of water use? If not, what is the
5-yr goal for water use reduction in its most recent WCP?
– Achieved a GPCD of 125 or less OR set an average annual
reduction of more than 1.25%, 15 points
– Achieved a GPCD of less than 140 but more than 125 OR set
an average annual reduction of 0.85% to 1.25%, 10 points
– Set an average annual reduction of 0.1% to less than 0.85%,
5 points
– Set an average annual reduction of less than 0.1%, 0 points
(only large and medium utilities evaluated)
14. No. 8 - How many of the municipal water conservation BMPs
presented in the state’s BMP Guide did the utility report in
its Annual Report (AR)?
• Incorporated 15+ BMPs, 10 pts
• Incorporated 12-14 BMPs, 8 pts
• Incorporated 9-11 BMPs, 6 pts
• Incorporated 6-8 BMPs, 4 pts
• Incorporated 1-5 BMPs, 2 pts
• Incorporated no BMPs, 0 pts
Best Management Practices (BMPs)
are voluntary efficiency measures
that are intended to save a
quantifiable amount of water and
can be implemented within a
specified timeframe. Detailed
information on over 20 municipal
water conservation BMPs is
available in the State’s BMP Guide,
which is accessible online at
www.savetexaswater.org
(all utilities evaluated)
15. – Outdoor watering limited to no more than 1x per week, 15 points
– Outdoor watering limited to no more than 2x per week, 10 points
– Time of day outdoor watering schedule only, 5 points
– No outdoor watering schedule on ongoing basis, 0 points
(only large and medium utilities evaluated)
No. 9 - Has the utility implemented mandatory
outdoor watering schedules on an ongoing basis (not
just as part of a drought contingency plan)?
16. No. 10 – Does the utility’s rate structure send a “water
conservation pricing signal” to the utility’s SF Residential
customers? Percent increase in water rate per 1,000 gallons with
customer use of 5,000 gallons vs. 10,000 gallons.
• Strong: >= 40% increase, 15 points
• Moderate: >= 25% and < 40% increase, 10 points
• Slight: > zero and < 25% increase, 5 points
• No signal: No Increase 0 points
(all utilities evaluated)
17.
18. Example of a Large Utility – Snapshot and Narrative
19.
20. Texas Water Conservation Scorecard
Recommendations & Next Steps
• Water Utilities
• Texas Water Development Board
• Texas Legislature
21. Contact us:
Jennifer Walker
Water Resources Program Manager
jennifer.walker@sierraclub.org
To view interactive website and/or download the
Texas Water Conservation Scorecard
www.texaswaterconservationscorecard.org
For more information about the Texas Living Waters Project
www.texaslivingwaters.org