Leander, TX Water Use Rules: Leak Reporting Duty (2026)

It is unlawful for any customer to waste water through use that serves no practical purpose. Such water waste includes the failure to repair a leak, either inside or outside a home, building, or facility, within a reasonable time, not to exceed ten days from the date that a notice was provided about the leak resulting in water runoff or accumulation in a street, gutter, or parking lot.(2)Automatic irrigation system audits. Homeowners' associations and non-residential lot owners must cause their automatic irrigation systems to be inspected by a person licensed under V.T.C.A., Occupations Code § 1903.251, as amended, and V.T.C.A., Water Code Ch. 37, as amended, (unless a statutory exemption to the licensing requirements applies, in which case the reason for the exemption must be clearly stated) every year to verify compliance with this chapter. The city shall be authorized discontinue water service to the premises if the homeowners' association or non-residential lot owner does not submit proof of the inspection, and completion of any required repairs, to the city on the city's request.(3)Residential water customers who choose to use water for landscape irrigation may only do so in accordance with a twice-weekly watering schedule on designated days, shown below, and designated times, shown in part (5) of this section, or as otherwise determined and established by the city manager or designee: Residential - Phase 1