Landscape Irrigation: Helpful Resources

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
  • Considering a Home Sprinkler System? 
  • Page for professional landscape irrigators 
    
    
• 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) 
    
    
• Plano— Irrigation Systems (with links to permit application, requirements, and checklist) 
  
  
• San Antonio
  • Relevant ordinances (PDF) 
  • Tree/Landscaping/Irrigation Review Team 

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