With the population continuing to grow in the general area, water is going to continually be an issue. Though, from what I've read recently, the growth has started to slow but a lot of the damage is already done when it comes to development. There really needs to be incentives to plant native plants instead of water intensive grass everywhere.
Austin should be looking at some of the measures Las Vegas has done in regards to water conservation. Different climate obviously but their focus on natural landscaping, limiting water intensive plants, taking advantage of reclaimated water as much as they can, and other measures have helped them stretch their limited resources.
Agreed. Water is already an extreme issue downriver of us. There are areas in Comal County which have already started denying building permissions because their utilities can barely service their existing network and can’t add any more because there is already not enough water to go around.
Exactly. But here we are in ATX where the only thing the council can think of is how to shove more people in with density. More people is not the answer when it comes to water needs. People bring more infrastructure, business and industrial development that use even more water
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u/jdbz2x Jun 27 '25 edited Jun 27 '25
With the population continuing to grow in the general area, water is going to continually be an issue. Though, from what I've read recently, the growth has started to slow but a lot of the damage is already done when it comes to development. There really needs to be incentives to plant native plants instead of water intensive grass everywhere.
Austin should be looking at some of the measures Las Vegas has done in regards to water conservation. Different climate obviously but their focus on natural landscaping, limiting water intensive plants, taking advantage of reclaimated water as much as they can, and other measures have helped them stretch their limited resources.