Denton utilities outline regional approach to serve growth in extraterritorial areas

City utility staff told the Economic Development Partnership Board on June 25 that Denton will need a regional approach to water and wastewater infrastructure to serve projected growth in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).

"The utility serves around 171,000 people through roughly 45,000 service connections," said Kyle Henson, planning and engineering division manager for utilities, describing current demand and seasonal variations. He told the board typical winter water usage is about 18 million gallons per day and summer peak average demands can reach about 42 million gallons per day.

Henson said growth in and around areas served by municipal utility districts (MUDs) could add roughly 110,000 people to the city's service area — roughly a 65 percent increase over current population — and that the utility must plan both conveyance infrastructure and treatment capacity. "Everything flows downstream," he said while explaining how many localized wastewater approaches create regional variables and downstream impacts on…