HCMUD18 Drought Contingency Plan Notice – Stage 2 Mandatory
Harris County Municipal Utility District #18 receives a majority of its water from the North Harris County Regional Water Authority and the City of Houston. MUD18’s Board of Directors have posted this message to our website for our District customers. This is the second level of drought notice and is mandatory.
MUD18 still has water capacity and is not in jeopardy of low water supplies at this point in the 2023 drought event. We are participating in an attempt to prevent problems in our area.
MUD 18 is monitoring the conditions and will update to this website any changes issued by water authorities or from our District Board of Directors. We encourage water conservation year-round but especially during this hot 2023 summer.
The City of Houston (COH), the primary source of water for the North Harris County Regional Water Authority (Authority), has entered stage two of their Drought Contingency Plan, effective on August 27, 2023. The COH’s drought response calls for mandatory water conservations efforts to reduce water use, that will reduce the daily volume of water delivered. The Houston Public Works Release can be found under https://cityofhouston.news/stagetwodrought/ .
As required by the Authority’s Drought Contingency Plan, the Authority must enter Stage 2 of our Drought Contingency Plan, when the COH enters into Stage 2 water shortage of their Drought Contingency Plan. The Authority’s Drought Contingency Plan requires that any customer receiving water from the Authority or well owner whose well is included under the Authority’s Harris-Galveston Subsidence District aggregate water well permit.
Harris County MUD 18 is required to implement Stage 2 of our Drought Contingency Plan:
All Customers of Harris County MUD 18 are restricted to the following:
- Repair detectible water leaks within 72 hours of discovery;
- Utilize water conservation measures such as displacement bags, low-flow shower heads and leak detection tablets. Additional water conservation tips can be found at irrygator.com;
- Limit outdoor irrigation to the hours 7:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of the following day on no more than two (2) days per week, in conformity with the following schedule (no watering on Mondays):
- Sundays and Thursdays for single-family residential customers with even-numbered street addresses
- Saturdays and Wednesdays for single-family residential customers with odd-numbered street addresses; and
- Tuesdays and Fridays for all other customers
Compliance with the above requirements is mandatory.