The City of Cedar Park is moving into Stage 3 Water Conservation Measures, which includes a change in customers’ mandatory outdoor watering schedules. Under Stage 3, Cedar Park water customers may water one designated day per week, starting March 1, 2025. Stage 3 also includes stricter water conservation measures, including a temporary water conservation rate adjustment.
Lake Travis is the City of Cedar Park’s sole water supply. It is managed by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Moving to Stage 3 is implemented when the combined storage of Lakes Travis and Buchanan is below 1.1 million acre-feet and the prior three months of inflows are less than the 25th percentile of historic inflows for that three-month period. In Stage 3, the LCRA, manager of the water supply, calls for a 20% reduction in overall water consumption.
The City’s Stage 3 Water Conservation Measures are aimed to meet the LCRA call to reduce the City’s overall water consumption now that the combined storage levels have fallen below that threshold in the Drought Contingency Plan.
Though Stage 3 Water Conservation measures are now in effect, the City of Cedar Park will allow time for customers to adjust their automatic irrigation systems and reduce their water usage prior to enforcement. The City of Cedar Park will start enforcing Stage 3 Water Conservation Measures on March 31, 2025. The new schedules and measures are outlined below.
Stage 3 Outdoor Water Schedule
New Residential Outdoor Watering Schedule:
- Addresses ending in 1 and 3 water on Wednesday
- Addresses ending in 4, 6 and 8 water on Thursday
- Addresses ending in 5, 7 and 9 water on Saturday
- Addresses ending in 0 and 2 water on Sunday
New Commercial Outdoor Watering Schedule:
- All commercial addresses (including apartments and HOA-owned property addresses) water on Tuesday
