Water is a vital natural resource, and the ways we protect and allocate this priceless resource are more important than ever. Dallas understands the need to conserve water, reduce pollution, and protect our water treatment and flooding infrastructure to protect our citizens and the vitality of the community.
It is such a big job that several departments work together to protect all aspects of our water system, from City pipes to natural environments.
Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) programs and activities:
- Long Range Water Supply Plan 2014 update
- Drought Contingency Plan
- Maintaining a high standard of drinking water quality
- Running the Defend Your Drains program to inform DWU customers on how to prevent sewer overflows and protect the quality of our drinking water
- Treating about 200 million gallons of wastewater every day
- Operating the Cease the Grease program that turns Fats, Oils, and Grease (FOG) waste into pollution-free electricity that is used to clean our wastewater at the Southside Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Save Dallas Water outreach website
Trinity Watershed Management (TWM) programs and projects:
- Flood control
- Floodplain management
- Trinity River Corridor Project
- Stormwater management
- The City of Dallas Stormwater Management team responds to concerns about chemicals, sediment, and other harmful substances entering the storm drain system, and will investigate sources of substances that may leak into surface water bodies.
- iSWM stormwater component in the Green Building Ordinance