Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 61

Stage 1 of the district’s drought contingency plan has been triggered.

Please limit irrigation and lawn watering to the times and days indicated below.

• Customers with a street address ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8), outside watering will be permitted on even days of the month
• Customers with a street address ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) outside watering will be permitted on odd number days of the month

Irrigate landscapes only between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on designated watering days.

Stage 2 of the district’s drought contingency plan has been triggered. Please limit irrigation and lawn watering to the times and days indicated below.

• Customers with a street address ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8), outside watering will be permitted on even days of the month
• Customers with a street address ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) outside watering will be permitted on odd number days of the month

Irrigate landscapes only between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on designated watering days.

Stage 1 of the district’s drought contingency plan has been triggered. Please limit irrigation and lawn watering to the times and days indicated below.

• Customers with a street address ending in an even number (0, 2, 4, 6 or 8), outside watering will be permitted on even days of the month
• Customers with a street address ending in an odd number (1, 3, 5, 7 or 9) outside watering will be permitted on odd number days of the month

Irrigate landscapes only between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on designated watering days.

At the Authority’s Board of Directors meeting held on November 11, 2020, the Authority adopted changes to its Rate Order, which include increased fees in order to fund the massive water supply projects that are needed to meet the Harris Galveston Subsidence District (“HGSD”) groundwater reduction regulations and to avoid the $9.24 per 1,000 gallons disincentive fee that the HGSD imposes for non-compliance. The HGSD regulations require reduction of groundwater pumpage in our area to no more than 40% of the total water demand by 2025 and no more than 20% of the total water demand by 2035.

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According to Fred Garcia, P.E., Director of Communications for the Harris County Flood Control District, in a letter dated August, 2009:

We recommend that all Harris County residents have flood insurance. Even if your home is not in a mapped flood plain and even if it is elevated to current standards above the 100 year flood plain. In a sense, all of Harris County is in a flood plain, and all of us are at risk of flooding to varying degrees. If you’re not in a mapped flood plain, it doesn’t mean you don’t need flood insurance, it means you get cheaper flood insurance!

Have you got flood insurance, yet? A time of heavy rain can happen any time along the Gulf Coast area. Don’t put it off — call your insurance agent. Please read this op-ed:

• Houston Chronicle – Flood Insurance
• Hurricane Season is Here