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Water Management Strategy Implementation Report - Highlights Fourth Quarter 2025, October - December Resource Management Commission | February 17, 2026 Q4 Highlights  1,600 new residential automatic irrigation systems inspected since October 2024.  Over 30 million gallons saved through participation in rebate programs in 2025.  Position added and staff training completed to address water loss.  Monthly Home Water Reports had an average 68% open rate (industry average is 25%).  Onsite Water Reuse System Operator Training Manager and certificate program published. 2 Water Use and GPCD (Gallons Per Capita Daily) 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 ) D C P G ( y a D r e p a t i p a C r e p s n o l l a G GPCD by Calendar Year and Quarter CY 2018 121 GPCD CY 2019 128 GPCD CY 2020 131 GPCD CY 2021 125 GPCD CY 2022 133 GPCD CY 2023 130 GPCD CY 2024 130 GPCD CY 2025 128 GPCD 15 9 11 29 17 5 9 29 19 17 8 10 26 27 24 28 42 48 19 5 9 20 24 30 21 10 11 32 17 6 10 23 31 26 17 5 9 19 24 55 28 34 21 7 10 24 28 36 22 9 11 25 32 23 7 10 19 28 21 7 9 20 29 52 42 39 22 5 10 19 25 30 19 8 10 25 31 18 6 10 21 29 24 6 10 20 24 5 8 17 28 27 33 36 46 34 22 9 12 30 33 17 8 11 25 30 45 52 19 6 10 22 30 35 17 5 9 17 27 31 22 10 12 31 21 6 10 33 22 29 16 6 11 22 29 17 5 10 18 27 55 30 37 33 23 8 11 27 23 8 9 24 31 31 21 6 10 23 29 22 5 9 18 28 21 8 11 26 20 7 10 23 33 30 23 7 10 22 31 22 5 9 18 28 44 38 29 35 30 37 40 33 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 . 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Calendar Year (CY) & Quarter 2023 2024 2025 Non-Revenue Water City of Austin Wholesale Industrial Commercial Multi-family Residential Single-family Residential CY GPCD 3 Residential Water Use Highest use with greatest variation D C P G 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 4 GPCD by Calendar Year and Quarter STAGE 1 STAGE 2 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q1 2019 Q2 2019 Q3 2019 Q4 2019 Q1 2020 Q2 2020 Q3 2020 Q4 2020 Q1 2021 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Q4 2021 Q1 2022 Q2 2022 Q3 2022 Q4 2022 Q1 2023 Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2023 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Q4 2024 Q1 2025 Q2 2025 Q3 2025 Q4 2025 Total Commercial City of Austin Single-family Residential Multi-family Residential Industrial Wholesale Non-revenue Water GPCD STAGE 1 STAGE 2 4 Takeaways and Next Steps  Lower GPCD (128) is the result of conservation efforts and the significant July rainfall.  Future water loss reduction activities:  17,500 feet of large-diameter leak detection scheduled for Q1  Zone Scan leak detection deployment with AMI system  Installation of 550 ultrasonic meters with acoustic leak detection  Continued planning for Aquifer Storage and Recovery field testing in Travis County.  Enforcement of landscape transformation activities for new homes (April 6, 2026):  Limitation of automatic irrigation area  Additional irrigation system water-saving components 5 Building Austin’s water future, together.