有一句古老的格言:“画家的房子是最后一个被粉刷的。”城市 奥斯汀大学近20年来一直在实施非常积极的节水计划。在里面 那时，超过65000个厕所已经被改造，节约了数百万加仑的水 在商业和工业部门，每天都在进行大量的工作 教育奥斯汀居民节约用水的必要性。节目 得到了市政府和市民的大力支持。 但是，直到2003年，许多城市设施还没有安装水 高效厕所和城市居民节水意识水平 部门并没有达到应有的高度。这一点肯定正在改变，因为 市政府的水利工作人员和其他人员。节约用水 该项目实施了一个多层次的计划，以帮助市政府发展自己的业务 程序这是在预算问题处于高位的关键时刻。目的 本文的目的是描述这些项目是如何在城市内建立的 政府，在预算非常紧张的时候。涵盖的具体主题包括: 我们为什么这样做，我们如何监控这个过程，以及我们是如何做到的 与其他城市部门沟通。

There is the old adage that "a painter's house is the last to get painted." The City of Austin has had a very active water conservation program for almost two decades. In that time, over 65,000 toilets have been retrofitted, millions of gallons of water are saved daily in the commercial and industrial sector, and a great deal of effort has gone into educating the residents of Austin about the need for water conservation. The program has enjoyed the strong support of our city government and citizens alike. But, up until 2003 many City facilities had not been retrofitted with water efficient toilets and the awareness level of the benefits of water conservation among City departments was not as high as it should be. This is definitely changing due to efforts by Water Conservation staff and others in City government. The Water Conservation program has implemented a multi-level plan to help City government develop its own program. This came at a critical time when budget concerns were at a high. The purpose of this paper is to describe how these programs were established within the city government, at a time when budgets were very tight. Specific topics covered include: why we are doing this, how we are monitoring the process, and how we are communicating with other City departments.