Integrated Urban Water Management in Texas: A Review to Inform a One Water Approach for the Future

Opportunities for a One Water future in Texas

By Jacqueline Ashmore, Margaret Cherne-Hendrick, Victor Marttin

April 2018

Texas is facing serious current and future water management challenges. This is driven by significant urban growth, water scarcity and flooding, aging infrastructure, and a management system based on an outdated cost of water. To address these challenges, the Institute for Sustainable Energy (now the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability) identified opportunities for Texas cities to transition to an integrated urban water management approach, otherwise known as the One Water approach.