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Coppell officials say irrigation limits and outreach cut purchased water by hundreds of millions of gallons
Summary
City staff reported that a 2024 irrigation ordinance — limiting summertime watering to two days per week plus education and free irrigation checks — coincided with a modelled reduction of tens to hundreds of millions of gallons in 2024–25, helping Coppell avoid requests for higher contracted capacity from Dallas Water Utilities.
Coppell staff told the City Council on March 10 that the city’s July 2024 irrigation ordinance, combined with outreach and free irrigation checks, substantially reduced peak water purchases during subsequent summers.
James, a city water analyst, presented modeled and observed data showing the city purchased nearly 2 billion gallons between May 1 and Sept. 30, 2023, and reached the contract limit of 18.5 million gallons per day on nine days that summer. After the ordinance (which limited irrigation to two days per week and emphasized education over…
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