Welcome to the expanded website of Harris County Municipal Utility District #18.

The District provides some very important services to our neighbors and customers, and we are pleased to offer this convenient resource to keep you informed and up-to-date about one of the most important elements in our daily lives…WATER.

Since being created in 1972, HCMUD #18 has grown to include the subdivisions of Hunters Valley, Heatherwood, Western Estates, Hidden Falls and a small section of Lakewood Forest. The District supplies water and sewer services for our residential and commercial customers, and contracts with Harris County Pct. 4 for additional Constable security patrols.

Over the past decade, significant changes have occurred in the way we think about our finite water resources. Water supply and quality have become global issues with episodes of drought and shortages that have captured international media attention. Some American cities have all but run out of drinking water, and water conservation – once largely ignored – has become a household concept worth pursuing as it is apparent that the days of cheap and plentiful water supplies are over.

The Harris-Galveston Subsidence District has ordered a reduction our reliance on groundwater in northwest Harris County through phased conversion to surface water. Not only had the extraction of groundwater caused areas in our community to sink (which contributed to localized flooding), but our critical aquifers were being depleted faster than they could be recharged. To accomplish this colossal conversion assignment, the North Harris County Regional Water Authority was created in 2000 to be the single entity to oversee the construction of an entirely new water delivery infrastructure as we prepare for the initial shift to surface water in 2010.

As active participants in the goals and mission of the Authority, the directors of HCMUD #18 are committed to continuing our same high standards of water and sewer services for our customers and neighbors. We hope that you will visit us online to stay informed about these and other important water issues.