Prestonwood Forest Utility District
Through Prestonwood Forest Utility District’s website you can easily find links to the following services:
Through Prestonwood Forest Utility District’s website you can easily find links to the following services:
Are you receiving emergency notices from the Prestonwood Water District?
If not, please enter your information on the website at PrestonwoodForestUD.org:
The recent ice storm tested the resiliency of the Prestonwood water and wastewater facilities.
Prestonwood fared better than many utility districts because we did not lose our electrical service since we are in the same electrical supply grid as the local hospitals.
In the event of a power interruption, our water supply and wastewater treatment systems are both equipped with standby generators to ensure continuous service.
Prestonwood’s water supply is provided by both in-district water wells #1 and #2, and treated surface water provided by the North Harris Regional Water Authority (NHRWA) delivered by pipeline to Water Plant #2 (Camborne Lane).
Unlike the City of Houston supplied water (NHCRWA) that required a “boil water notice,” Prestonwood UD did not issue a boil water notice because our system operator switched our water supply to 100% in-district water wells until the COH boil water notice was discontinued.
Prestonwood residents can be assured that PFUD Board is dedicated to provide the most reliable services to our neighbors that we can.
To maintain and approve our system reliability:
PFUD is also fortunate to have the support of consultants that have over thirty years of continuous service with the District.
Water District Management (WDM), the operating company that operates and maintains our facilities, deserves a well earned praise for the proper and timely winterizing prior to the freeze. Many utilities failed to winterize and the result was unnecessary outages and hardship for the customers.
We are routinely checking District facilities to ensure delivery of water & sewer services during this time of inclement weather. All District operations are normal at this time. If you are experiencing a water outage, please check your household plumbing for frozen pipes. You will be notified if the District experiences problems at its facilities in the future with this method of communication. Thank you.
We have completed the demolition projects that were mentioned in the “GOOD NEWS FROM YOUR WATER BOARD” article published in the Prestonwood Press in the June issue. We continue to improve our system and facilities.
We know all of you are concerned about the rising cost of water and so are we. We have also heard from many of you and seen confusing articles on the “Next Door” website. I mentioned that North Harris County Regional Water Authority (NHCRWA) delayed their 2020 rate increase from April 1 until July 1 this year. Unfortunately you have probably already seen that it has been assessed. Water is becoming more and more a precious commodity. Some areas of Texas and the rest of the country have seen their sources dry up. Some parts of Harris County have seen as much as a 10’ drop in subsidence due to the lowering of area water tables. The good news is that Harris County saw this as a future problem and developed Lake Conroe, Lake Houston, and Lake Livingston to assure us of a long term source of drinking water back in the 1950’s. The NHCRWA was developed in 1999 to start delivering water to the growing northwest part of Harris County. With the increasing development of this NW area that is an ongoing process. There are two other water authorities, one on the west side and the other in Ft. Bend. The laying of underground piping, acquisition of land, and a treatment plant are all paid for with bonds and the ever increasing cost of the water that is delivered. Prestonwood Forest is fortunate that we still have two good wells and do not have to use 100% surface water year round. The mandate that accompanied this plan was that the NW area would be accepting the delivery of 30% surface water by 2010 which was accomplished. The next goal is to be taking 60% by 2025 and then 80% by 2035 so you can see that this is not the end of water cost increases.
Your new water rates effective July 1 are as follow:
If you would like to know more about the NHCRWA please go to their web site at https://www.nhcrwa.com/ or the PrestonwoodforestUD.org website.
We ask that you continue to conserve water. For suggestions as to how you can do this please consult the PFUD web site and read the inserts that we provide on a regular basis in your water bill envelopes.