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Starting January 2009, Irrigators in Texas will have to incorporate a few more ?EUR??,,????'?????< H.B. 1656, a bill mandating all cities with populations of 20,000 or more to regulate irrigators and irrigation systems, was signed into Texas law June 2007. The new law, requiring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to adopt rules which will go into effect January 2009, proposes that: Each participating city adopts standards and specifications for designing, installing, and operating irrigation systems. Irrigation installations receive onsite supervision by a licensed individual. All new installations undergo inspection and approval by a licensed irrigation inspector (from the municipality or associated water district) or licensed plumbing inspector. ?EUR??,,????'?????< The TCEQ, the law?EUR??,,????'?????< To ensure the minimum standards and specifications for designing, installing and operating irrigation systems are met by irrigators, the proposed rules indicate that each installation will need to be accompanied with ?EUR??,,????'?????< With the current rules, the law states that each municipality must require a written design to pull the permit for a jobsite. When the job is completed, the rules advise that the corrections are recorded on an as-built diagram. ?EUR??,,????'?????< The proposed rule to have a licensed individual present during the installation, repair, alteration or service of an irrigation system prompted the TCEQ to create a new license classification?EUR??,,????'?????< ?EUR??,,????'?????< In regards to the proposed ?EUR??,,????'?????< Due to the overarching authority of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, the TCEQ cannot impose additional training on plumbing professionals, but according to Erwin, he is not going to send his crew into the field without training them about the inner-workings of an irrigation system. ?EUR??,,????'?????< The ramifications for breaking the new regulations will be determined at the local level. Local jurisdiction may include fines, the barring of a licensed irrigation professional from pulling permits or other administrative implications. Approximately 117 municipalities will be required to adopt and enforce a landscape irrigation ordinance, and about 1,100 water districts will have the option of doing so. The TCEQ projects to finalize the rules by June. For a transcript go to: https://www.tceq.state.tx.us/rules/prop.html
H.B. 1656, a bill mandating all cities with populations of 20,000 or more to regulate irrigators and irrigation systems, was signed into Texas law June 2007. The new law, requiring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to adopt rules which will go into effect January 2009, proposes that:
?EUR??,,????'?????<
The TCEQ, the law?EUR??,,????'?????<
To ensure the minimum standards and specifications for designing, installing and operating irrigation systems are met by irrigators, the proposed rules indicate that each installation will need to be accompanied with ?EUR??,,????'?????<
With the current rules, the law states that each municipality must require a written design to pull the permit for a jobsite. When the job is completed, the rules advise that the corrections are recorded on an as-built diagram.
The proposed rule to have a licensed individual present during the installation, repair, alteration or service of an irrigation system prompted the TCEQ to create a new license classification?EUR??,,????'?????<
In regards to the proposed ?EUR??,,????'?????<
Due to the overarching authority of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, the TCEQ cannot impose additional training on plumbing professionals, but according to Erwin, he is not going to send his crew into the field without training them about the inner-workings of an irrigation system.
The ramifications for breaking the new regulations will be determined at the local level. Local jurisdiction may include fines, the barring of a licensed irrigation professional from pulling permits or other administrative implications.
Approximately 117 municipalities will be required to adopt and enforce a landscape irrigation ordinance, and about 1,100 water districts will have the option of doing so. The TCEQ projects to finalize the rules by June. For a transcript go to: https://www.tceq.state.tx.us/rules/prop.html
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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