Texas Water Code

§ 16.403 — WATER USE REPORTING

WA § 16.403Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part C. WATER DEVELOPMENT · Ch. 16. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO WATER DEVELOPMENT · Art. K. WATER CONSERVATION

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(a)The board and the commission, in consultation with the Water Conservation Advisory Council, shall develop a uniform, consistent methodology and guidance for calculating water use and conservation to be used by a municipality or water utility in developing water conservation plans and preparing reports required under this code. At a minimum, the methodology and guidance must include:

(1)a method of calculating total water use by a municipality or water utility, including water billed and nonrevenue water used, and a method of calculating water use for each sector of water users served by a municipality or water utility;

(2)a method of calculating total water use by a municipality or water utility in gallons per capita per day;

(3)a method of classifying water users within sectors;

(4)a method of calculating water use in the residential sector that includes both single-family and multifamily residences, in gallons per capita per day;

(5)a method of calculating water use in the industrial, agricultural, commercial, and institutional sectors that is not dependent on a municipality's population or the number of customers served by a water utility; and

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