(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)