Landscape Irrigation: Helpful Resources
Links to pages on LI at the national, state, and local levels.
External Web sites (national, statewide, and local) that may be helpful to irrigators, homeowners, or municipalities in finding information about landscape irrigation or water conservation. There Many Texas municipalities are adopting landscape-irrigation ordinances; some current ones appear at the pages linked below. Please check back frequently—the program will update this page as it gathers more resources.
National and Statewide
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Landscape Irrigation Services

- Irrigation Association (national)

- TexasET Network

- Texas Nursery and Landscape Association

- Texas Urban Landscape Guide prepared by Texas A&M University

- Texas Turf Irrigation Association

- WaterWise Council of Texas

- Texas Water Development Board: Water conservation in Texas

- U.S. drought conditions

Localities in Texas
- Austin
- Colleyville—Irrigation System Procedures (links to requirements)

- Dallas— Building Inspection: Plumbing and Mechanical Section

- Lubbock—Irrigation and Backflow

- Mansfield
- Text of landscape-irrigation ordinance (PDF)

- Utilities Department (with links pertaining to landscape irrigation)

- Text of landscape-irrigation ordinance (PDF)
- Plano— Irrigation Systems (with links to permit application, requirements, and checklist)

- San Antonio
(Help with PDF.)


