North Municipal Water District ADVANCING CRITICAL SERVICES SERVICE AREA LEGISLATORS NTMWD BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR U.S. Senators ALLEN PLANO John Cornyn Joe Farmer Phil Dyer Ted Cruz James Kerr Rod Hogan

U.S. Representatives FARMERSVILLE PRINCETON North Texas Municipal Water District 3 Van Taylor George Crump Bill Glass As the largest water conservancy district in Texas, serving one of the fastest growing areas in 4 John Ratcliffe Dave Island Administration Building the country, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) continually maintains and 5 Lance Gooden FORNEY 501 East Brown St. improves its systems to provide critical services to 1.7 million people in nearly 80 communities. 26 Michael C. Burgess RICHARDSON 32 Colin Allred John Carr P.O. Box 2408 Following are some of the major initiatives the District is undertaking to meet the region’s needs Darrell Grooms, John Murphy Wylie, TX 75098 now and in the future. State Senators Secretary John Sweeden

2 Bob Hall FRISCO 972.442.5405 8 Angela Paxton ROCKWALL www.NTMWD.com WATER 12 Jane Nelson Richard Peasley Chip Imrie 16 Nathan Johnson Lynn Shuyler Larry Parks, New Reservoir to Meet Growing Regional Needs 23 Royce West Vice President Enabling Legislation In February 2018, NTMWD received approval on the final federal permit needed for the GARLAND 30 Pat Fallon Created as a Conservation proposed Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir. Construction began in May 2018, and in July the ROYSE CITY Don Gordon, and Reclamation District under reservoir received a new name – Bois d’Arc Lake. This will be the first major reservoir to be State Representatives President David Hollifield Chapter 62, Act of 1951, 52nd constructed in North Texas in nearly 30 years. Scheduled for completion in 2022, the reservoir 2 Dan Flynn Jack May Blair Johnson Legislature of Texas, Regular will yield up to 108 million gallons per day (MGD) of raw water for NTMWD’s total service 4 Keith Bell Session area. Its location in Fannin County will boost taxable real estate and annual economic activity 33 Justin Holland MCKINNEY WYLIE in the county by an estimated $316 and $166 million respectively. 62 Reggie Smith Joe Joplin Marvin Fuller 66 Matt Shaheen Charles McKissick 67 Jeff Leach NTMWD Contacts STATUS AS OF JUNE 2019: 70 Scott Sanford • Included in the approved 2016 Region C and 2017 State Water Plan MESQUITE Thomas W. (Tom) Kula 89 Candace Noble • State Water Rights permit issued, June 2015 Terry Sam Anderson Executive Director/ 100 Eric Johnson General Manager • 404 Clean Water Act permit approved February 2018 by the U.S. Army Corps Brenda Jean Patrick 102 Linda Koop [email protected] of Engineers’ Tulsa Office 106 Jaren Patterson • Construction activities underway 107 Victoria Neave Joseph M. Stankiewicz • Visit for progress updates. 109 Cark Sherman Deputy Director BoisdArcLake.org 110 Toni Rose (Engineering and CIP) 112 Angie Chen Button [email protected] Texoma Pump Station State Boundary Issue 113 Rhetta Bowers The Texas-Oklahoma state line was redrawn in 2000 to run through , which Mike Rickman Deputy Director placed a majority of NTMWD’s Texoma Raw Water Pump Station outside of Texas. The (Operations and Maintenance) discovery of zebra mussels brought water pumping to a halt due to the Lacey Act which [email protected] prevents transport of zebra mussels across state lines. An exception to the Lacey Act in 2012 allowed NTMWD to restore pumping from Lake Texoma, which provides a vital 28 percent of Follow us on social media: Stay connected: Rodney Rhoades Deputy Director its total water supply. To regain the full Texoma supply, NTMWD constructed a $310 million Sign up for monthly eNews and (Administrative Services) pipeline extension 46 miles to convey water stored there directly into its Wylie Water Treatment [email protected] project updates at www.NTMWD.com facilities. While this project was completed in 2014, NTMWD is still seeking to adjust the Texas- Oklahoma state line to return the NTMWD Texoma Pump Station to Texas, an undertaking that will need approvals from the Texas and Oklahoma legislatures.

JUNE 2019 Saving Water These successful education and outreach efforts WATER SYSTEM WASTEWATER SYSTEM have significantly boosted water conservation. There Member Cities Wastewater System Members has been an estimated annual savings from year-round Allen, Farmersville, Forney, Frisco, Garland, McKinney, Allen, Forney, Frisco, Heath, McKinney, Melissa, Mesquite, irrigation management strategies of about 2.5-3.5% Mesquite, Plano, Princeton, Richardson, Rockwall, Royse Plano, Princeton, Prosper, Richardson, Rockwall, and Since 2006, NTMWD has funded and continuously reduction in water use. City, and Wylie Seagoville implemented the state’s water conservation education campaign, Water IQ*: Know Your Water–investing over Population Served Wastewater System Customers $17 million to date. WASTEWATER Approximately 1.7 million Fairview and Parker Regional Plan to Increase Reliability Water IQ: Service Area Sewer System Participants • Provides water-saving tips and resources and In 2016, NTMWD initiated a regional wastewater group 2,200 square miles in Collin, , Denton, Fannin, Farmersville, Fate, Frisco, Lavon,Murphy, Rockwall, Royse encourages better water stewardship. to create a plan based on the capacity, management, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall City, Seis Lagos U.D., and Wylie • Educates consumers about the amount of irrigation operations and maintenance industry approach (CMOM). counties regularly wasted (approx. 50 percent). • Made more than 32 million impressions in This CMOM program: Communities Served 2016 alone through multimedia and public outreach • Includes 13 Member City partners. SOLID WASTE SYSTEM campaigns. • Streamlines and integrates regional and city system About 80 communities receive treated water produced by Solid Waste System Members *WaterIQ is a licensed service mark of the Texas Water Development Board. plans, projects and operations. the District on a daily basis. Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, • Saves NTMWD communities money by ensuring and the surrounding region continued regulatory compliance and a more reliable Supply Sources system. , Jim Chapman (Cooper) Lake, Lake Texoma, Lake Tawakoni, Lake Bonham, East Fork Water Reuse Additionally, the District has expanded its education and Project (Wetland), and Wilson Creek WWTP Reuse outreach to include the Defend Your Drains program to Aimed at grade-school students, Water4Otter was initiated reduce the damaging disposal of non-biodegradable in 2014 to increase family conversations regarding water items (i.e. wipes, oil, paper towels, etc.) through household and its efficient use at home. drains. BY THE NUMBERS D I D Y OU K N O W ? Water4Otter: • Features Otis the Otter, Farah the Fox and Bob the SOLID WASTE Bobcat, who help students connect their drinking water Harvesting Gas from Waste 250+ to the water needed to support area wildlife. 14 MILES To accommodate for continual increases in solid waste TRANSFER • Have reached more than 20,000 students in regional STATIONS processing, NTMWD added 23 new gas wells and began WATER PUMP LARGE-DIAMETER 3 performances. STATIONS WASTEWATER PIPELINES up to 3,295 tons an important gas-to-energy production program at its 121 of solid waste/day Regional Disposal Facility (landfill) in Melissa in 2016. The renewable natural gas plant was completed and became SERVE 6 13 Through a partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife, up to operational in late 2017. COMMUNITIES WATER TREATMENT PLANTS WASTEWATER the WaterMyYard.org online irrigation tool provides North 75 Daily basis 806+ MGD Capacity TREATMENT PLANTS 80 15 Emergency basis (million gallons/day) Texans with weekly updates on how much water to use to The Gas-to-Energy Program: 985,000+ Service area of 2,200 sustain healthy landscapes. tons/year • Allows the District to harvest gas produced by the square miles in 10 counties 151+ 575+ MGD accepted decomposition of solid waste within the landfill. MILES at landfill WaterMyYard: Serving 1.7 million people in one • Cleans the gas to natural gas quality that can be sold of the fastest-growing regions WATER TRANSMISSION WASTEWATER TREATMENT • Makes outdoor watering recommendations based on to offset the costs of the solid waste system. in the country PIPELINES CAPACITY the user’s location and current weather conditions. MGD (million gallons/day) • Helps further control odor in the Melissa area. • Subscribers reached over 11,200 by the end of 2018.