North Texas Municipal Water District ADVANCING CRITICAL SERVICES SERVICE AREA LEGISLATORS NTMWD BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NORTH TEXAS U.S. Senators ALLEN PLANO John Cornyn Joe Farmer Phil Dyer Ted Cruz James Kerr Rod Hogan North Texas Municipal U.S. Representatives FARMERSVILLE PRINCETON Water District 3 Sam Johnson George Crump Dave Island As the largest water conservancy district in Texas, serving one of the fastest growing areas in 4 John Ratcliffe Bill Glass Administration Building the country, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) continually maintains and 5 Jeb Hensarling 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 Pete Sessions Darrell Grooms P.O. Box 2408 Following are some of the major initiatives the District is undertaking to meet the region’s needs (Vacant) John Murphy Wylie, TX 75098 now and in the future. State Senators John Sweeden, FRISCO President 2 Bob Hall 972.442.5405 8 Van Taylor Richard Peasley www.NTMWD.com WATER ROCKWALL 12 Jane Nelson Lynn Shuyler 16 Don Huffi nes Bill Lofl and New Reservoir to Meet Growing Regional Needs Enabling Legislation 23 Royce West GARLAND Larry Parks, In February 2018, NTMWD received approval on the fi nal federal permit needed for the 30 Craig Estes Jack May Secretary Created as a Conservation proposed Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir. In April 2018, the NTMWD Board of Directors Don Gordon, and Reclamation District under voted on a new name for the reservoir – North Texas Municipal Lake. This will be the fi rst State Representatives ROYSE CITY Vice President Chapter 62, Act of 1951, 52nd major reservoir to be constructed in North Texas in nearly 30 years. Scheduled for completion 2 Dan Flynn David Hollifi eld Legislature of Texas, Regular in 2022, the reservoir will yield up to 108 million gallons per day (MGD) of raw water for 4 Lance Gooden MCKINNEY Blair Johnson Session NTMWD’s total service area. Its location in Fannin County will boost taxable real estate and 33 Justin Holland Joe Joplin 62 annual economic activity in the county by an estimated $316 and $166 million respectively. (Vacant) Charles McKissick WYLIE 66 Matt Shaheen Marvin Fuller 67 Jeff Leach NTMWD Contacts STATUS AS OF JULY 2018: MESQUITE Robert Thurmond 70 Scott Sanford • Included in the approved 2016 Region C and 2017 State Water Plan Thomas W. (Tom) Kula 89 Jodie Laubenberg Terry Sam Anderson • Executive Director/ State Water Rights permit issued, June 2015 100 Eric Johnson David Paschall General Manager • 404 Clean Water Act permit approved February 2018 by the U.S. Army Corps 102 Linda Koop [email protected] of Engineers’ Tulsa Offi ce 106 Pat Fallon • Preliminary construction activities underway 107 Victoria Neave Joseph M. Stankiewicz 109 Helen Giddings Deputy Director 110 Toni Rose (Engineering and CIP) Texoma Pump Station State Boundary Issue 112 Angie Chen Button [email protected] The Texas-Oklahoma state line was redrawn in 2000 to run through Lake Texoma, which 113 Cindy Burkett placed a majority of NTMWD’s Texoma Raw Water Pump Station outside of Texas. The Mike Rickman discovery of zebra mussels brought water pumping to a halt due to the Lacey Act which Deputy Director (Operations and Maintenance) prevents transport of zebra mussels across state lines. An exception to the Lacey Act in 2012 [email protected] allowed NTMWD to restore pumping from Lake Texoma, which provides a vital 28 percent of its total water supply. To regain the full Texoma supply, NTMWD constructed a $310 million Follow us on social media: Stay connected: Rodney Rhoades pipeline extension 46 miles to convey water stored there directly into its Wylie Water Treatment Deputy Director Sign up for monthly eNews and (Finance and Personnel) facilities. While this project was completed in 2014, NTMWD is still seeking to adjust the Texas- [email protected] project updates at www.NTMWD.com Oklahoma state line to return the NTMWD Texoma Pump Station to Texas, an undertaking that will need approvals from the Texas and Oklahoma legislatures.
JULY 2018 Saving Water These successful education and outreach efforts WATER SYSTEM WASTEWATER SYSTEM have significantly boosted water conservation, Member Cities Wastewater System Members with a 27 percent annual water use reduction in 2013-14 Allen, Farmersville, Forney, Frisco, Garland, McKinney, Allen, Forney, Frisco, Heath, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano, as compared to only a 10-12 percent decrease in the past Mesquite, Plano, Princeton, Richardson, Rockwall, Royse Princeton, Prosper, Richardson, Rockwall, and Seagoville Since 2006, NTMWD has funded and continuously (2005-07). City, and Wylie implemented the state’s water conservation education Wastewater System Customers campaign, Water IQ*: Know Your Water–investing over Population Served Fairview, Melissa, and Parker $17 million to date. WASTEWATER Approximately 1.7 million Regional Plan to Increase Reliability Sewer System Participants Water IQ: Service Area Farmersville, Fate, Frisco, Lavon,Murphy, Rockwall, Royse • Provides water-saving tips and resources and In 2016, NTMWD initiated a regional wastewater group 2,200 square miles in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, City, Seis Lagos U.D., and Wylie encourages better water stewardship. to create a plan based on the capacity, management, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall • Educates consumers about the amount of irrigation operations and maintenance industry approach (CMOM). regularly wasted (approx. 50 percent). counties • Made more than 32 million impressions in This CMOM program: SOLID WASTE SYSTEM 2016 alone through multimedia and public outreach Communities Served • Includes 12 Member City partners. Solid Waste System Members campaigns. • Streamlines and integrates regional and city system About 80 communities receive treated water produced by Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, *WaterIQ is a licensed service mark of the Texas Water Development Board. plans, projects and operations. the District on a daily basis. and the surrounding region • Saves NTMWD communities money by ensuring continued regulatory compliance and a more reliable Supply Sources system. Lavon Lake, 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.
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 to the water needed to support area wildlife. • Reached 22,000 students in regional performances in To accommodate for continual increases in solid waste 2017. processing, NTMWD added 23 new gas wells and began an important gas-to-energy production program at its 121 Regional Disposal Facility (landfill) in Melissa in 2016. The renewable natural gas plant was completed and became Through a partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife, operational in late 2017. the WaterMyYard.org online irrigation tool provides North Texans with weekly updates on how much water to use to The Gas-to-Energy Program: sustain healthy landscapes. • Allows the District to harvest gas produced by the decomposition of solid waste within the landfill. WaterMyYard: • Cleans the gas to natural gas quality that can be sold • Makes outdoor watering recommendations based on to offset the costs of the solid waste system. the user’s location and current weather conditions. • Helps further control odor in the Melissa area. • Reached over 7,000 subscribers in 2017. Saving Water These successful education and outreach efforts WATER SYSTEM WASTEWATER SYSTEM have signifi cantly boosted water conservation, Member Cities Wastewater System Members with a 27 percent annual water use reduction in 2013-14 Allen, Farmersville, Forney, Frisco, Garland, McKinney, Allen, Forney, Frisco, Heath, McKinney, Mesquite, Plano, as compared to only a 10-12 percent decrease in the past Mesquite, Plano, Princeton, Richardson, Rockwall, Royse Princeton, Prosper, Richardson, Rockwall, and Seagoville Since 2006, NTMWD has funded and continuously (2005-07). City, and Wylie implemented the state’s water conservation education Wastewater System Customers campaign, Water IQ*: Know Your Water–investing over WASTEWATER Population Served Fairview, Melissa, and Parker $17 million to date. Approximately 1.7 million Regional Plan to Increase Reliability Sewer System Participants Water IQ: Service Area Farmersville, Fate, Frisco, Lavon,Murphy, Rockwall, Royse • Provides water-saving tips and resources and In 2016, NTMWD initiated a regional wastewater group 2,200 square miles in Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, City, Seis Lagos U.D., and Wylie encourages better water stewardship. to create a plan based on the capacity, management, Grayson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall • Educates consumers about the amount of irrigation operations and maintenance industry approach (CMOM). regularly wasted (approx. 50 percent). counties • Made more than 32 million impressions in This CMOM program: SOLID WASTE SYSTEM 2016 alone through multimedia and public outreach Communities Served • Includes 12 Member City partners. Solid Waste System Members campaigns. • Streamlines and integrates regional and city system About 80 communities receive treated water produced by Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Richardson, *WaterIQ is a licensed service mark of the Texas Water Development Board. plans, projects and operations. the District on a daily basis. and the surrounding region • Saves NTMWD communities money by ensuring continued regulatory compliance and a more reliable Supply Sources system. Lavon Lake, 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 effi cient use at home. drains.
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 to the water needed to support area wildlife. • Reached 22,000 students in regional performances in To accommodate for continual increases in solid waste 2017. processing, NTMWD added 23 new gas wells and began an important gas-to-energy production program at its 121 Regional Disposal Facility (landfi ll) in Melissa in 2016. The renewable natural gas plant was completed and became Through a partnership with Texas A&M AgriLife, operational in late 2017. the WaterMyYard.org online irrigation tool provides North Texans with weekly updates on how much water to use to The Gas-to-Energy Program: sustain healthy landscapes. • Allows the District to harvest gas produced by the decomposition of solid waste within the landfi ll. WaterMyYard: • Cleans the gas to natural gas quality that can be sold • Makes outdoor watering recommendations based on to offset the costs of the solid waste system. the user’s location and current weather conditions. • Helps further control odor in the Melissa area. • Reached over 7,000 subscribers in 2017. North Texas Municipal Water District ADVANCING CRITICAL SERVICES SERVICE AREA LEGISLATORS NTMWD BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NORTH TEXAS 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 Dave Island Water District 3 Sam Johnson George Crump As the largest water conservancy district in Texas, serving one of the fastest growing areas in 4 John Ratcliffe Bill Glass Administration Building the country, the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) continually maintains and 5 Jeb Hensarling FORNEY RICHARDSON 501 East Brown St. improves its systems to provide critical services to 1.7 million people in nearly 80 communities. 26 Michael C. Burgess Darrell Grooms 32 Pete Sessions John Murphy P.O. Box 2408 Following are some of the major initiatives the District is undertaking to meet the region’s needs John Carr John Sweeden, Wylie, TX 75098 now and in the future. President State Senators FRISCO 2 Bob Hall 972.442.5405 Richard Peasley ROCKWALL 8 Van Taylor www.NTMWD.com WATER Lynn Shuyler 12 Jane Nelson Bill Lofland 16 Don Huffines Larry Parks, New Reservoir to Meet Growing Regional Needs 23 Royce West GARLAND Secretary Enabling Legislation In February 2018, NTMWD received approval on the final federal permit needed for the Jack May 30 Craig Estes Created as a Conservation proposed Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir. In April 2018, the NTMWD Board of Directors Don Gordon, ROYSE CITY and Reclamation District under voted on a new name for the reservoir – North Texas Municipal Lake. This will be the first State Representatives Vice President David Hollifield Chapter 62, Act of 1951, 52nd major reservoir to be constructed in North Texas in nearly 30 years. Scheduled for completion 2 Dan Flynn Blair Johnson Legislature of Texas, Regular in 2022, the reservoir will yield up to 108 million gallons per day (MGD) of raw water for 4 Lance Gooden MCKINNEY NTMWD’s total service area. Its location in Fannin County will boost taxable real estate and 33 Justin Holland Joe Joplin WYLIE Session 62 (Vacant) Charles McKissick Marvin Fuller annual economic activity in the county by an estimated $316 and $166 million respectively. 66 Matt Shaheen Robert Thurmond 67 Jeff Leach MESQUITE NTMWD Contacts STATUS AS OF JULY 2018: 70 Scott Sanford Terry Sam Anderson • Included in the approved 2016 Region C and 2017 State Water Plan 89 Jodie Laubenberg Thomas W. (Tom) Kula David Paschall Executive Director/ • State Water Rights permit issued, June 2015 100 Eric Johnson General Manager • 404 Clean Water Act permit approved February 2018 by the U.S. Army Corps 102 Linda Koop [email protected] of Engineers’ Tulsa Office 106 Pat Fallon • Preliminary construction activities underway 107 Victoria Neave Joseph M. Stankiewicz 109 Helen Giddings Deputy Director 110 Toni Rose (Engineering and CIP) Texoma Pump Station State Boundary Issue 112 Angie Chen Button [email protected] The Texas-Oklahoma state line was redrawn in 2000 to run through Lake Texoma, which 113 Cindy Burkett placed a majority of NTMWD’s Texoma Raw Water Pump Station outside of Texas. The Mike Rickman discovery of zebra mussels brought water pumping to a halt due to the Lacey Act which Deputy Director (Operations and Maintenance) prevents transport of zebra mussels across state lines. An exception to the Lacey Act in 2012 [email protected] allowed NTMWD to restore pumping from Lake Texoma, which provides a vital 28 percent of its total water supply. To regain the full Texoma supply, NTMWD constructed a $310 million Follow us on social media: Stay connected: Rodney Rhoades pipeline extension 46 miles to convey water stored there directly into its Wylie Water Treatment Deputy Director Sign up for monthly eNews and (Finance and Personnel) facilities. While this project was completed in 2014, NTMWD is still seeking to adjust the Texas- [email protected] project updates at www.NTMWD.com Oklahoma state line to return the NTMWD Texoma Pump Station to Texas, an undertaking that will need approvals from the Texas and Oklahoma legislatures.
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