(a) 
Computation of charges.
Bills for water service shall be computed on the basis of the metered water consumption by the customer and each customer shall be billed monthly.
(b) 
Minimum water service rates.
Customers will receive a minimum bill based upon meter size according to the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(c) 
Volume water service rates.
In addition to the minimum water service rate, water used as measured by the city’s water meter will be billed on according to the fee schedule in appendix A of this code.
(d) 
Regulatory assessments.
In addition, the city shall charge each customer any regulatory assessment required by the state commission on environmental quality.
(Ordinance 11-O-32 adopted 12/6/2011; 2009 Code, sec. 13.05.001)
(a) 
Water quality.
The quality of water to be supplied must meet the quality criteria prescribed by the commission’s (TCEQ) drinking water standards contained in subchapter F of title 30, chapter 290 Texas Administrative Code (relating to drinking water standards governing drinking water quality and reporting requirements for public water systems).
(b) 
Water quantity.
Sources of supply, both ground and surface, shall have a safe yield capable of supplying the maximum daily demands of the distribution system during extended periods of peak usage and critical hydrologic conditions. The pipelines and pumping capacities to treatment plants or distribution systems shall be adequate for such water delivery. Minimum capacities required are specified in section 290.45 of title 30 Texas Administrative Code (relating to minimum water system capacity requirements).
(c) 
Groundwater sources and development.
(1) 
Groundwater sources shall be located so that there will be no danger of pollution from flooding or from unsanitary surroundings, such as privies, sewage, sewage treatment plants, livestock and animal pens, solid waste disposal sites or underground petroleum and chemical storage tanks and liquid transmission pipelines, or abandoned and improperly sealed wells.
(A) 
No well site which is within 50 feet of a tile or concrete sanitary sewer, sewerage appurtenance, septic tank, storm sewer, or cemetery; or which is within 150 feet of a septic tank perforated drainfield, areas irrigated by low dosage, low angle spray on-site sewage facilities, absorption bed, evapotranspiration bed, improperly constructed water well, or underground petroleum and chemical storage tank or liquid transmission pipeline, will be acceptable for use as a public drinking water supply. Sanitary or storm sewers constructed of ductile iron or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe meeting American Water Works Association (AWWA) standards, having a minimum working pressure of 150 pounds per square inch (psi) or greater, and equipped with pressure type joints may be located at distances of less than 50 feet from a proposed well site, but in no case shall the distance be less than ten (10) feet.
(B) 
No well site shall be located within 500 feet of a sewage treatment plant or within 300 feet of a sewage wet well, sewage pumping station, or a drainage ditch which contains industrial waste discharges or the wastes from sewage treatment systems.
(C) 
No water wells shall be located within 500 feet of animal feedlots, solid waste disposal sites, lands on which sewage plant or septic tank sludge is applied, or lands irrigated by sewage plant effluent.
(D) 
Livestock in pastures shall not be allowed within 50 feet of water supply wells.
(E) 
All known abandoned or inoperative wells (unused wells that have not been plugged) within 1/4 mile of a proposed well site shall be reported to the commission along with existing or potential pollution hazards. These reports are required for community and nontransient, non-community groundwater sources. Examples of existing or potential pollution hazards which may affect groundwater quality include, but are not limited to: landfill and dump sites, animal feedlots, military facilities, industrial facilities, wood-treatment facilities, liquid petroleum and petrochemical production, storage, and transmission facilities, class 1, 2, 3, and 4 injection wells, and pesticide storage and mixing facilities. This information must be submitted prior to construction or as required by the executive director of TCEQ.
(Ordinance 12-O-16 adopted 9/10/2012; 2009 Code, sec. 13.05.002)
Any party requesting water service from the city whose property, or any part thereof, is located outside the city's corporate limits shall:
(1) 
Request that said property be voluntarily annexed into the city's corporate limits;
(2) 
The city council shall have discretion to approve the request for annexation pursuant to the city's comprehensive plan and development guidelines;
(3) 
Request that any service to said property shall be a continuing request for voluntary annexation for said property for so long as the party, or any successor in interest, receives water service from the city;
(4) 
For properties located in the city's water certificate of convenience and necessity that do not wish to voluntarily annex into the city's corporate limits, water service will be limited to one (1) LUE per platted lot or tract.
(Ordinance 2023-O-044 adopted 10/25/2023)