How California, Texas water conservation efforts differ

AUSTIN (KXAN) — As Texans face a record-breaking scorcher of a summer and some local municipalities adopt additional water conservation efforts, it begged the question: Who controls and enforces water conservation staging, requirements and penalties for violations, and how does it differ from other drought-prone states?Here in Texas, all water conservation rules, staging and violation penalties are decided at the local level by individual municipalities, a spokesperson for the Texas Water