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Georgetown staff outline consolidated water utility service regulations and developer reservation fees
Summary
City staff presented a plan to consolidate scattered water and wastewater rules into a single utility service regulations document, propose annual reservation fees for developers and add two conservation inspector positions; staff will return with drafts to the water utility board and council.
Caleb Feuer, assistant engineering director with Georgetown’s development engineering department, told the City Council at a workshop that staff are consolidating water and wastewater rules and drafting standard utility service agreements to improve clarity for developers and the city’s administration. “This is an update on the progress that we’ve made so far,” Feuer said, adding that the new document will gather regulations that currently exist in “about a dozen different locations.”
Why it matters: staff said rapid growth across Georgetown’s city limits, extraterritorial jurisdiction and a 400‑square‑mile Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) requires clearer, centralized rules so the city can plan water supply and infrastructure and apply conservation standards uniformly across its service territory.
What staff proposed: Feuer said the effort is twofold: (1) create a consolidated…
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