KYLE, Texas — The city of Kyle is lifting certain water restrictions after about a year of constraints and requests for conservation.
The restrictions were lifted on Monday. Before that, residents could not power-wash their driveways or wash their cars or homes with a hose.
City leaders said they were able to lift the restrictions in large part because residents followed the rules and conserved.
"Huge. We ask a lot of residents, and it's just because of the drought,” said Mike Murphy, Kyle’s director of Water Utilities.
Murphy said the city is able to relax some of the restrictions as we get into cooler parts of the year.
Kyle currently gets its water from four sources, including the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the city of San Marcos, which provides 500 acre-feet per year. Murphy said the city will get a whole lot more water with a deal with Alliance Water starting in February.
"It's going to provide us an additional 21% of what our current capacity is, which is big for the city of Kyle," Murph said. "And then, in 2027, we've got an additional 2 million gallons coming in per day. And we're working on the take points now."
Crews are also currently working on piping and a storage tank.
Residents like Buck Turnidge say it's needed.
"The way Kyle is growing, we are not getting any smaller and it's growing at rapid pace," Turnidge said.
Murphy said the city hasn't set new water rates for customers yet, but residents will see a water rate increase.