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Wimberley presenters ask city to promote ‘WaterWise’ outdoor conservation program
Summary
Local organizers presented WaterWise, a community education and incentive proposal focused on reducing outdoor water use through native landscaping, rainwater capture and hands‑on workshops; they asked the council to endorse and help promote events and consider incentives such as rain barrel subsidies.
Salwa Khan and Zane Porterfield Liston asked the Wimberley City Council on May 15 to endorse and help promote “WaterWise,” a local outdoor water‑conservation education program that would link workshops, native‑plant demonstrations and hands‑on demonstrations such as stock‑tank wicking gardens and permeable pavers.
The proposal, organizers said, aims to reduce outdoor household water use — which they cited as accounting for up to 70% of typical U.S. residential water use — by teaching alternatives to conventional lawns, facilitating plant giveaways, and lowering barriers to rainwater collection and other on‑site measures.
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