Item 2-Briefing: WMS Implementation Highlights Q3 Report — original pdf

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Water Management Strategy Implementation Report - Highlights Third Quarter 2026, July - September Resource Management Commission | November 17, 2026 Q3 Highlights  Hot and dry weather in August and September lead to increased water use for landscape irrigation  2024 Water Loss Report recommendations response is complete – 32 of the 32 recommendations have been addressed.  Expanded water conservation outreach – 28 million conservation-related media impressions and 327,000 Home Water Use Reports emailed with a 66% open rate.  New Online Water Conservation Hub launched for customer interaction 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 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 CY 2026 YTD 126 GPCD GPCD by Calendar Year and Quarter 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 21 7 10 24 28 17 5 9 19 24 55 36 28 34 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 17 5 9 17 27 31 22 9 12 30 17 8 11 25 33 30 19 6 10 22 30 22 10 12 31 21 6 10 22 33 29 16 6 11 22 29 17 5 10 18 27 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 23 7 10 22 33 30 31 22 5 9 18 28 24 8 11 27 33 19 6 10 22 23 5 9 18 29 30 45 52 35 55 30 37 33 44 38 29 35 30 37 40 33 41 27 29 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 1 2 3 4 . 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Calendar Year (CY) & Quarter 2023 2024 2025 2026 Non-Revenue Water City of Austin Wholesale Industrial Commercial Multi-family Residential Single-family Residential CY GPCD 3 Residential water use peaked less than in previous years GPCD by Calendar Year and Quarter STAGE 1 STAGE 2 D C P G 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 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 Q1 2026 Q2 2026 Q3 2026 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  The fourth quarter of the year (October, November, December) will see a decrease in temperatures and water use. A strong El Nino climatic effect may bring coolers weather and additional rainfall to Central Texas.  Landscape Transformation Strategy - Austin Development Services department will begin to inspect for required Laundry to Landscape plumbing in new homes.  Austin Water and other City departments are developing responses to Council resolutions regarding high impact water users.  Report to the City Council’s Climate, Water, Environment, and Parks Committee on December 9. 5 Building Austin’s water future, together. Water