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Keller staff proposes broader water‑conservation ordinance to close enforcement gaps after prolonged leaks
Summary
Public works staff told council they will expand irrigation rules to cover private plumbing, pool fill devices and other water systems after several cases where the city could not compel repairs to leaking fixtures that were wasting thousands of gallons a day.
City staff briefed the Keller City Council on proposed changes to the Unified Development Code and related ordinances to strengthen water‑conservation and drought contingency enforcement.
Public works staff told the council that the current code focuses on lawn irrigation systems and does not clearly allow the city to require repairs to other sources of uncontrolled water loss — examples cited included a faulty hose bib that dripped thousands of…
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