How A Texas Town Became Water Smart
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　　Faced with a booming population and a disappearing water supply, the city of San Antonio responded by dramatically cutting consumption, pioneering new storage techniques and investing in water recycling and desalination projects. It now boasts that it is "Water's Most Resourceful City."
　　There are so many programs and projects that Chuck Ahrens of Water Resources and Conservation with the San Antonio Water System can hardly keep track.
　　"I made myself a list and I thought, 'Wow, I don't even know all of our programs.' But then I thought it would be asking a lot to remember all of our programs because we have a lot of them," saysAhrens. His list includes big money projects like desalination. But the city's greatest success is found in simple conservation.
　　"We have an ordinance that doesn't allow you to water after 10 in the morning and before 8," Ahrens says.
　　That's to curb evaporation. He says the city has also given out more than a quarter-million water-efficient toilets. The city also offers free audits to show homeowners where they can save water. And if they can't afford new pipes, Ahrens says the city has a program called Plumbers to People.
　　"Where they know they have a leak, we go ahead and take care of that for them," he says.
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