WaterWise Partnerships

WaterWise Municipal Partners

Municipalities signing on as WaterWise Partners agree to promote water conservation and more efficient use of water through a public information campaign including bill stuffers, billboards, and internal newsletters.

WaterWise Partner Cities/Municipalities

City of Abilene
City of Austin Water Conservation Division
City of Arlington
City of College Station
City of Coppell Utilities
City of Dallas Park & Rec. Depart.
City of Dallas Water Utilities
El Paso Water Utility
Fort Worth Water Department
City of Garland Parks
City of Houston
San Antonio Water System Conservation
City of University Park

WaterWise Business Partners

A WaterWise Business Partner is a business that has taken our WaterWise seminar.  WaterWise Business Partners agree to ascribe to and promote waterwise practices.

WaterWise Business Partners

 What WaterWise Partner Cities Have Done

San Antonio
Spring Bloom Give-away - San Antonians receive a 4-inch waterwise plant and learn about watersaver landscapes
March 20, 1999 9a.m. to noon at Whole Food Market at the Quarry
March 27, 1999 at City Public Service and Education Center, 4509 S. Military Drive

Viva Botanical at San Antonio Botanical Gardens. April 10-11, 1999
A garden-wide fair focusing on plants. San Antonio Water System will sponsor speaker and information on SAWS programs, including Biosolids, will be available.

Earth Day, April 17,1999, Woodlawn Lake Park 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A Free Fiesta Event focusing on watersheds and conservation. Included will be children’s activities, music, environmental information.
Sponsors include SAWS, Bexar County Master Gardeners, San Antonio Parks and Recreation, City Public Service, Whole Foods

Third Annual Garden Jazz Party, San Antonio Botanical Gardens, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Learn about waterwise gardening while participating in a treasure hunt, listen to cool jazz, win door prizes. Admission free to the Gardens.

San Antonio Xeriscape Tour, May 8-9, 1999
Two neighborhood will be showcased for their waterwise yards. Master Gardeners will be stationed at each home to answer questions. A great after-Mother’s Day Brunch activity.

Dallas
Xeriscape Seminars, March 27,1999, Texas A&M Research and Extension Center Auditorium, 17360 Coit Road.

Learn how to reduce your water bill and still have a beautiful landscape. Two seminars will be presented by Bonnie Arnold Reese, author of Common Sense Landscaping and owner of a landscape design that specializes in do-it-yourself waterwise projects.

To register for the seminars, call (214) 670-4022.

• Xeriscape Landscape Design 101, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program teachers basics of good landscape design with emphasis on creating a landscape that needs little supplemental irrigation
• Fantastic Plants for North Texas will be offered 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. The presentation will focus on quality native and adapted plants recommended for and easily obtained in the Dallas area.

Xeriscape Recognition Awards, deadline March 31, 1999. Residential award recipients will receive prizes from contest cosponsors. Landscape must be visible from the street. Entries may be new, existing, or renovated landscape projects. Entries will be judged on design, suitability, maintenance, and water conservation. Award recipients will be asked to participate in a xeriscape tour on June 5. Contest is open to customers of Dallas Water Utilities or of its wholesale customers.

7th Annual Pumphouse 5K and Open House in celebration of Drinking Water Week at White Rock Pump Station, May 8, 1999

A fun-filled day has been planned for families with young children, exercise enthusiasts, history buffs, environmentalists, and people who want to learn more about the North Texas water supply, and people who just want to know what goes on inside that beautiful old red-brick building on the southwest shore of White Rock Lake.

The historic White Rock Pump Station -- located in a park-like setting adjacent to a jogging trail -- will be the backdrop for the celebration. In addition to the Pumphouse 5K, a race and fitness walk that benefits Operation WaterShare, family-oriented activities at the Open House will include: children's activities; lively music, tours of the pump station; self-guided tours of a xeriscape demonstration garden; self-guided tours of the old fish hatchery area (an excellent bird-watching site); informative and educational environmental exhibits; and free mini-seminars packed with information on topics ranging from how Dallas drinking water is cleaned to environmental issues, to how people can create their own water-saving xeriscape landscape, plus other topics related to using water wisely.

Presentation of Blue Thumb awards, to citizens who have made outstanding contributions to protect Dallas' water supply, will be made at approximately 9:45 a.m. The Open House, which is free to the public, ends a week-long celebration of Drinking Water Week. It will take place on Saturday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to noon at the White Rock Pump Station, 2900 White Rock Road. For more information, call (214) 670-4022.

Houston

• Drinking Water Week at the Zoo, Houston Zoo, May 1, 1999
• Trash Bash at Lake Houston, March 27, 1999, Clean up for all ages
• KRBE/Enron Earth Day, Buffalo Bayou Park, Houston