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Southwestern Travis County GCD
  • Home
  • About SWTCGCD
    • Background
    • Board of Directors
    • District Map
    • Governing Documents
    • Employment Opportunities
    • Financial Reports
    • Contact Us
  • Board Meetings
    • 2025
    • 2024
    • 2023
    • 2022
    • 2021 & Earlier
  • Regulatory Program
    • Rules & Fee Schedule
    • Forms
    • Drought Management
    • Aquifer Testing
    • Pending Permits
  • Aquifer Science
    • Monitoring Sites
    • Groundwater Studies
  • Education
    • Web Resources
  • Groundwater Events & News
  • GMA 9

DROUGHT MANAGEMENT

CURRENT DROUGHT STAGE:  D-3 Extreme Drought


CURRENT GROUNDWATER USE REDUCTION MEASURES AND RESTRICTIONS

Exempt wells and General Permits by Rule: 30% voluntary reduction in groundwater use

Operating Permits: 30% mandatory curtailment of quarterly permitted-use amount


Usage Reduction Measures:

  • Continue, or increase voluntary reduction in various uses
  • Check for and correct all plumbing leaks
  • Water outside lawns, trees, shrubs once every 5 to 7 days
  • Water at night between hours of 8pm and midnight using hand-held hose with automatic shut-off nozzle or automatic timer
  • Hose-end and automated sprinkler systems prohibited
  • No swimming-pool re-fills (topping-up water only)
  • Wash vehicles at car wash only as needed
  • No washing of buildings, driveways, streets, patios, or other outdoor surfaces except as required for human or animal health and safety needs, or for fire prevention
  • Watering for dust control only when required by law
  • Livestock watered in leak-proof troughs strongly recommended
  • Pumping groundwater into livestock stock tanks is discouraged
  • Providing groundwater to other ponds, lakes, tanks, reservoirs, or other surface impoundments for holding water is prohibited.


ABOUT DISTRICT DROUGHT STAGES

Five Groundwater Drought stages, corresponding to US Drought Monitor-specified drought intensity levels, may be declared by the Board on the basis of the specified portion of the District’s area reaching these trigger thresholds and other factors. They are, from least to most severe:


• "No-Drought" - base condition;

• D-0 Abnormally Dry Stage;

• D-1 Moderate Drought Stage;

• D-2 Severe Drought Stage;

• D-3 Extreme Drought Stage; and

• D-4 Exceptional Drought Stage.


For additional information regarding SWTCGCD drought management, see SWTCGCD Rule 5.2.

CHECK OUT REIMERS WEATHER STATION TO MONITOR LOCAL CONDITIONS

Drought MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

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Drought Resources

LCRA Water Use Restrictions

LCRA requires its water customers (which include City of Austin, West Travis County PUA, Village of Briarcliff, Lakeway MUD, various Travis County MUDs, and others) to have drought contingency plans. These utilities require their customers to follow water use restrictions according to triggers in their plans. For more information on utilities' water restrictions, click the link below.  

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The Mission of the Southwestern Travis County Groundwater Conservation District is to preserve and protect groundwater through conservation, education and waste prevention.

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