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Texas Water Company describes developer pauses, tougher developer agreements and leak program that saved 10 million gallons
Summary
Texas Water Company's conservation manager said the utility paused review of nine pending developments, is amending developer agreements to require efficient irrigation and reclaimed-water use, and credited a new leak-detection/enforcement program with saving more than 10,000,000 gallons between June and October 2025.
Suzanne Williams, conservation manager for Texas Water Company, told the court the utility has paused review of pending developments to protect supply and is tightening developer agreements and service conditions to promote efficient irrigation, reclaimed-water use and other conservation measures.
"Last year, we put a pause on development," Williams said. She said nine developments in the utility's queue were paused while the utility reassessed supply assurances. Williams described changes to developer agreements that would limit where irrigation heads can be placed, require six inches of topsoil on lots and restrict when pools can be constructed or filled under drought conditions. "We're pausing on anything that could come," Williams said.
Williams also described enforcement and education steps, including a new leak-detection program tied to AMI meters and personalized outreach that she said saved over 10,000,000 gallons of water between June and October 2025. "In the short months between June and October 2025, we've saved over 10,000,000 gallons of water from just that leak enforcement program alone," she said.
Why it matters: The utility's actions — pausing development approvals and tightening agreements — represent concrete local measures to reduce demand and protect existing customer supply while longer-term regional projects are pursued.
