KYLE, Texas — As is the case in much of Central Texas, the city of Kyle has been in the midst of an ongoing drought.
The city currently gets the majority of its water from Canyon Lake, which is only about 57% full, according to the Texas Water Development Board.
Tim Samford, the City of Kyle's Assistant Director of Water Utilities, says the lack of water takes a toll.
"That's why the residents are experiencing the restrictions that we've had to put in place, unfortunately," Samford said.
Right now, residents can only use their sprinklers once every two weeks during certain hours and can't wash their cars at home. The city of Kyle has also turned to San Marcos to buy extra water.
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"We do hear the frustrations from residents and customers, and a lot of those revolve around, you know, being restricted on what they can do with their water, the amount that they irrigate with their water and we do sympathize with that," Samford said.
Samford is hoping the City can soon eliminate some of these restrictions once construction on a new pipeline that would draw water from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer is completed.
"And that's going to gain the City of Kyle as early as February of (2025), 1.7 million gallons per day," Samford said.
Like many cities in Central Texas, Kyle has experienced major growth. In the year 2000, about 5000 people lived there. In 2022, that number grew to just over 50,000 people.
Samford says this project will help accommodate the booming population.
"It was projected that the growth, the population, everything that we're seeing today is coming true and we've seen things happening much faster than originally anticipated," Samford said.
Kyle resident Yvonne Flores-Cale is excited to get more water, calling it the city's responsibility to take care of its people.
"We don't necessarily have to take care of people that want to come here, but we do have to take care of the residents that are currently living here and paying taxes," Flores-Cale said.
The project is anticipated to be completed by 2025. The City is also working on a "water master plan," designed to be a road map of what improvements need to be made for the water system in the future.
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