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Infrastructure Projects & Issues

DRAINAGE & FLOOD CONTROL

Wetlands

WATER SUPPLY & WASTEWATER REGIONALIZATION

REBUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE

Conservation & Open space

GREATER WEST HOUSTON'S WATER & WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEY TO A GROWING AREA

The West Houston Association advocates aggressively for first class new and rebuilt water and wastewater systems that meet the needs of a growing Greater West Houston.

Water Supply: Water for an expanding GWH is critical.  Sufficient supplies are available to serve current and future demand to 2060 assuming completion of the Allen’s Creek Reservoir. In addition, this anticipates the  completion of major distribution facilities that will move surface water from the Trinity River to GWH. Water authorities in the west and north of the region and municipalities are facilitating conversion to surface supplies and expanding distribution networks. New developments should deploy conservation techniques.

Wastewater Quality & Regionalization: Stream quality will have to be maintained and/or improved to meet ever increasing water quality regulations. The effluent quality of wastewater treatment plants is subject to state and local permitting and inspection. If facilities are found to be discharging below standard effluent, existing remedies can be employed by regulators to bring them into compliance. Regionalization of treatment facilities in developing areas will cause significant cost burdens with little or no increase in efficiencies and effluent quality. In fact, regionalization will work against the deployment of conservation techniques such as water reuse.
 

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