| On June 18,
1999, the bill that
created the North
Harris County
Regional Water
Authority (HB 2965)
was signed into law,
and called a special
election for January
15, 2000 so voters
could confirm the
creation of the new
Authority and elect
Directors to lead
it.
Following the
election, the NHCRWA
became the single
entity empowered to
negotiate for a
secure, long-term,
reliable, quality
supply of wholesale
drinking water for
all the independent
neighborhoods,
municipal utility
districts, small
municipalities, and
permitted well
owners within its
boundaries.
These
boundaries are
essentially US 290
on the west, the
Harris County line
on the north (Spring
Creek), FM 1960 and
Bammel-North Houston
on the south and the
western shores of
Lake Houston on the
east. The Authority
is comprised of 335
square miles and
includes
approximately
460,000 residents.
The NHCRWAs
primary assignment
is to develop and
implement a strategy
for complying with
the
Harris-Galveston
Subsidence
District's
Regulatory Plan that
requires a reduction
in groundwater usage
to no more than 20
percent of total
water demand by the
year 2030.
Since the
Authority is not a
taxing entity,
funding for our
future water supply
and the
infrastructure
through which to
deliver it is being
accomplished through
the sale of revenue
bonds, and paid for
by groundwater
pumpage fees.
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