Water

What are the different charges on my water bill?

WCID 114’s current water bill charges for up to 15,000 gallons monthly usage- $62.85, which is comprised of the following:

Water – $16.25

  • Base rate for up to 10,000 gallons is $10.00
  • Usage above 10,000 gallons is charged an additional $1.25 per 1000 gallons usage – $6.25

Sewer – $10.00

  • Flat fee per month

North Harris County Regional Water Authority (NHCRWA) – $36.60

NHCRWA is a governmental entity created by the Texas Legislature and charged with the responsibility to help reduce subsidence.  WCID 114 is required to purchase the majority of its water from NHCRWA, which currently comes from Lake Houston. While currently NHCRWA charges WCID 114 $3.05 per 1,000 gallons of usage (the rate may change each year), WCID 114 subsidizes 20% of this cost, charging its customers currently $2.44 per 1,000 gallons used.

For more information about the NHCRWA, please visit their website at www.nhcrwa.com.

Beat the Freeze: Protect Your Pipes!

Harris County WCID is responsible for the fresh water line which ends at a property’s water meter; the property owner is responsible for the fresh water line to the house, which typically runs up the side of an outside wall before entering the house, and may include a connection to an in-ground sprinkler system. During unusually cold weather, generally temperatures which remain below freezing for a number of hours (a “hard freeze”), the water in the above-ground portion of the property’s water line and sprinkler system-connection can freeze, resulting in costly damage [including a burst backflow preventer]. The following You Tube video is intended to inform the District’s customers as to how to prepare their exterior water connections in order to avoid damage from a hard freeze.

Harris County WCID No. 114 Confirms No Lead Service Lines in Water System

Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 114 (the “District”) has completed the Lead Service Line Inventory as required by the EPA.

Through records, research, and field investigation of the water distribution system, it has been determined that the District’s system has no lead service lines or galvanized requiring replacement service lines. The system has been determined to be a non-lead community.