'We've had great success inside the home,' Mayor Ron Nirenberg said, but San Antonio and SAWS must focus conservation policies on developers.
Park Place at Tobin Hill town houses are shown under construction in January. Mayor Ron Nirenberg said Thursday that the city and SAWS must start enacting conservation policies for developers.The City of San Antonio and the San Antonio Water System must change how they approach conservation if they want successes in decreased water usage to continue, Mayor Ron Nirenberg said during a special council session Thursday.Success! You're on the list.
“We’ve had great success inside the home” over the past four decades, Nirenberg, who serves on the SAWS board in his official capacity, said during a council briefing session. “I think we have not been as focused on irrigation policy and development policy as we should — but the time is now, especially with the growth that’s happening and the land being developed as it is,” he said.next week, which would do away with city-issued citations and instead charge rule breakers directly on their monthly water bills.
“This is the City Council’s domain,” Nirenberg said. “We have to adopt this policy into our own city code, and I would suggest that there needs to be a much broader conversation about development standards in the city as it relates to things like spray irrigation systems.
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