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| STAGE 2 MANDATORY LAWN WATERING |
Stage 2 mandatory lawn watering restrictions are now in effect.
Stage 2 watering restrictions are required by the LCRA to be enacted by all firm water customers whenever the combined capacity of the Highland Lakes falls below 900,000 acre feet. An acre foot is approximately one-third of a million gallons. At present Lake Travis is falling rapidly due to commitments made by the LCRA to downstream users, high evaporation rates and virtually no inflow into the lake. Texas remains locked in an "exceptional drought" with little relief in sight. Hurst Creek MUD's Stage 2 mandates twice per week lawn irrigation, with even numbered addresses irrigating Monday and Thursday and odd numbered addresses irrigating Tuesday and Friday. Washing of driveways, sidewalks, decks and buildings is prohibited. To minimize evaporation losses all lawn irrigation is prohibited between the hours of 10 am to 7 pm, but watering with a hand-held hose is allowable anytime. There are substantial penalties for repeat violators.
For the complete text of the District's Drought Contingency Plan Click here.
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HURST CREEK MUD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SETS 2011 TAX RATE AND APPROVES BUDGET
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Hurst Creek Municipal Utility
District (MUD) was created in 1979 to provide water, wastewater,
drainage and irrigation service within its boundaries, which
generally coincide with
The Village of The Hills.
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To
see a map of the District Click-here
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District is governed by a five member Board of Directors
elected by the residents. |
Wilson
Smith
President |
J.L. Hall
Vice
President |
Jim
Wingard
Secretary |
Ray
Arvay
Asst. Secretary |
Bill
Warmuth
Treasurer |
The MUD is a subdivision
of the State of Texas, and is subject to the Texas Open Meetings
and Records Act; notices of board meetings are posted 72
hours in advance, at the Travis County Courthouse and on
the bulletin board at the The Hills offices. The meetings
are open to the public, and your attendance at board meetings
is encouraged. Generally, meetings are held monthly on the
third Monday of the month, at 8:30 am, with special meetings
called as necessary.
The following are summaries of the MUD’s
chief functions:
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The District purchase Lake
Travis water from the Lower Colorado River Authority pursuant
to a 40 year water sale contract. This raw water is pumped
via an 11,000 foot water line to the treatment facilities
located at the 102 Trophy Drive. We currently have 3 million
gallons per day (MGD) of treatment capacity. Additionally,
we have interconnections with the Lakeway MUD and WCID #17
water systems, for use in emergencies.
The water system is rated
as “Superior” by the Texas Commission On Environmental Quality,
and was awarded the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental
Excellence Award in 1991, as the best managed and operated
public water system of its size in the five state EPA Region
VI. All operators are certified by the state.
For the latest TCEQ Inspection
report, Click-here.
Water quality greatly exceeds
all State standards for chemical and bacteriological parameters,
and is carefully monitored by computer and human testing.
In the event of water quality problems, treatment failures
or terrorism activities we will promptly alert the public
with large signs at the gates, local media news casts and
in this website. The District is a member of TxWARN, an industry-sponsored
information network of public utilities and the Texas Division
of Emergency Management.
A more technical description
of water quality is available, Click-here.
Water conservation is an important issue,
and the District has both a water conservation plan and a
drought contingency plan. We urge our customers to use water
wisely.
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Two parallel .25 MGD
treatment plants, complete with filtration and disinfection,
treat wastewater to a high degree of purity and store the
effluent in a 55 MG storage pond for irrigation on the golf
course. Located at the lowest point in the District, near
the Hills golf course maintenance barn, these plants have
an excellent operational record and no effluent is ever discharged
into Hurst Creek.
For the latest TCEQ Inspection
report, Click-here.
For a more technical discussion
of wastewater treatment, Click-here.
To view the district’s utility
rate schedule, Click-here. |
In 2005, Hurst Creek MUD
assumed responsibility from the Hills Property Owners’ Association
for maintaining and improving drainage within The Hills.
A master drainage engineering plan was prepared and rules
and regulations adopted regarding the drainage system construction,
maintenance and modifications.
To
view the regulations Click-here |
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