Residential and landscape irrigation drought surcharges could change under a water-code amendment scheduled for its first New Braunfels City Council vote on Monday, Aug. 10.
The proposal arrives while New Braunfels Utilities displays Conservation Stage 1. NBU says it transitioned to that stage July 28 under the city’s ordinances, which allow the mayor, in consultation with the utility, to adjust conservation stages.
The final council agenda says the amendment would adjust drought surcharges for residential and landscape irrigation, revise drought-stage designations and triggers, clarify definitions and related provisions, repeal conflicting language, provide a savings clause and establish an effective date.
The preserved meeting record does not state the proposed surcharge amounts, identify the revised triggers or show how a household’s water bill could differ. Those missing details limit what customers can determine before the meeting.
A vote during Stage 1
The council meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Aug. 10 in the Council Chambers at New Braunfels City Hall. The drought-code amendment is listed as an ordinance for discussion and consideration on first reading.
NBU’s newsroom page identifies Conservation Stage 1 as the current stage and dates the transition to July 28. The utility attributes that notice to the city’s existing ordinances; the Aug. 10 proposal would amend parts of the city code governing surcharges, stage labels and triggers.
For water customers, the amount of any proposed surcharge and the conditions that would activate it are the central unanswered details. The meeting page identifies the sections of Chapter 130 to be amended but does not reproduce the proposed dollar figures or trigger language.
What happens next
Because the item is a first reading, the agenda proves only that council members are scheduled to consider the amendment. It does not establish passage, rejection or an effective change to customer charges, and the page lists no action result.
The ordinance text and the recorded council action will be needed to determine the proposed amounts, compare the revised triggers with existing rules and establish whether council members advance the changes. Until then, NBU’s official page continues to display Conservation Stage 1.