Who used the most water in New Braunfels in 2023?
Schlitterbahn Waterpark.
Luke Metzger, executive director of Austin-based Environment Texas, submitted a public information request to New Braunfels Utilities and posted the results on Twitter today.
Although it’s impossible to tell whether these businesses are wasteful or excessive in their water use, he said transparency is important.
“Obviously, Texas is frequently in drought, and water is quite precious, and we know that too often water is wasted,” Metzger said. “We need to be conserving every drop we can.”
Under Texas law, water utilities cannot release information about residential users.
Here are the top 20 commercial water users in New Braunfels in 2023:
- Millennium Operations LLC (Schlitterbahn) – 74,757,515 gallons
- Big League Car Wash – 15,666,165 gallons
- Resolute Hospital – 14,448,711 gallons
- Ranger Excavating Inc. – 14,434,508 gallons
- Sundance Property Owners Association – 14,171,100 gallons
- DNT Construction LLC – 14,069,967 gallons
- H-E-B Store #198 – 13,082,102 gallons
- Buc-ee’s – 12,000,508 gallons
- Grey Forest Development LLC – 11,979,248 gallons
- Christus Santa Rosa Hospital – 11,947,995 gallons
- Parick S. Molak Corp. (Gruene) – 11,536,765 gallons
- Ingram Readymix, Inc. – 9,915,108 gallons
- Eco Soil Stabilizers – 9,044,746 gallons
- Eden Home Inc. – 8,537,730 gallons
- Legend Oaks Healthcare – 8,190,231 gallons
- LPF Westpointe LLC – 7,569,083 gallons
- A-L 95 Creekside Town Center L – 7,531,575 gallons
- Water Works Investment Holdings LLC – 7,510,960 gallons
- New Braunfels Smokehouse – 7,494,774 gallons
- WCW New Braunfels LLC – 6,899,879 gallons
Seriously?? It’s the beginnings of the off season for Schlitterbahn. Shouldn’t they be shutting things down? And a car wash? This is a nonessential business. They should be cut back to only a few days or hours per week or be allowed a limited amount of water per week. While we homeowners are limiting the showers we take, running our dishwashers and washing machines less often, and experiencing other inconveniences to help water conservation, these businesses seem to be making zero sacrifices. Our options are either conserve or have no water at all.