CASE STUDY Texas: Water Conservation The city of Frisco, Texas, sits in an area that experienced severe drought from about 2011 to 2015. They faced extremely restricted water supplies, and formulated programs to reduce unnecessary consumption. Frisco’s Smart Irrigation Program is an innovative approach to improve the community’s outdoor water use prac- tices and help manage summer peak demands. The program includes: • Real-time weekly outdoor wa- tering recommendations • The installation of a weather station • Outdoor water usage reports • A rebate incentive to homeown- ers who replace their auto- matic irrigation controller with a weather-based smart controller • An ordinance, adopted by the Frisco city council, requiring the installation of smart controllers in all new hom

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