BY ZARA FLORES & KATY MCAFEE
KEY
Current water restrictions as of Sept. 8
What’s being done?
SOURCES: CITIES OF BUDA, KYLE AND SAN MARCOS/COMMUNITY IMPACT
San Marcos, Buda and Kyle drought restrictions info
The Edwards Aquifer is a karst aquifer, which fills up quickly and runs out of water quickly, ARWA Executive Director Graham Moore said. “The Carrizo[-Wilcox] Aquifer is very different. It’s like a big, thick beach sand aquifer,” Moore said. “It’s got water just in between all of that packed sand. It reacts very slowly to water being taken out of it.” Many of the pipelines to connect the ARWA’s sources to cities across Hays County are under construction and expected to go live early next year. While San Marcos entered Stage 4 out of 5 drought restrictions Aug. 27, as of Sept. 8, Buda is at Stage 2 of 4 and Kyle is in amended Stage 3 of 3.
Stage
San Marcos
Buda
Kyle
Hand watering is allowed any day, any time. Automatic sprinklers are allowed once a week from 8 p.m.-8 a.m.
No watering allowed from 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. All normal watering operations are allowed. Residential watering is restricted to once a week. Filling pools is prohibited Hand-washing cars is limited to twice a week. Watering is limited to 7-11 a.m. and 7-11 p.m. Hand-washing cars is limited to once a week.
Watering with an irrigation or sprinkler system is prohibited from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
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Hand watering is allowed at any time. Watering with an irrigation system is only allowed on designated days from 8 p.m.-10 a.m.
Irrigation is only allowed during designated times. Filling new water features is prohibited. Irrigation is limited to once every other week at designated times. Automatic sprinklers are restricted to every other week from 8 p.m.-4 a.m. Hand watering is restricted to any day during designated times only. Irrigation is restricted to once per week. Watering with sprinklers is prohibited. Irrigation is restricted to every other week. Hand watering is restricted to once per week.
2
Hand watering is restricted to 6-10 a.m. and 7-10 p.m. on designated days.
3
Residential watering is restricted to once every other week. Hand-washing cars is prohibited.
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Minimizing water usage Residents and business owners can help reduce their water usage by:
What’s next?
“The good news about the El Niño, though, is that it will tilt our odds toward wetter conditions by the time we get into the winter time. So we can hopefully start to make up some of those deficits.” KEITH WHITE, NATIONAL
Central Texas will need to see weeks of heavy rainfall—specifically near Fredericksburg—to end drought conditions, said Aaron Abel, water services manager for the Brazos River Authority. Warmer ocean temperatures from the El Niño effect could bring more rainfall in Texas, according to the National Weather Service.
Watering only when necessary
Checking for leaks
Not watering streets, sidewalks or driveways
Using a dishwasher instead of hand- washing dishes
Additionally, homeowners should pick up and properly dispose of any brush or debris around their homes as there is a high risk of wildfires in the region.
WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST
SOURCE: HAYS COUNTY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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SAN MARCOS - BUDA - KYLE EDITION
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