Who tests our water to make sure the City is in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act?

The City’s Utility Division is mandated by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to provide safe drinking water and maintain a safe sanitary sewer collections system.  City crews take water samples for proper disinfection levels daily and report the results to the TCEQ quarterly.  The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) is mandated through the TCEQ to provide water sampling services to all potable water systems in Texas.  A TWDB employee schedules several site visits at various times throughout the year to take source water samples and distribution system water samples.  These samples are sent to a lab for testing.  There are many regulated and non-regulated contaminants that are tested for as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act.  The City Utility Division is the responsible party for payment of the water testing lab results.

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1. Does the City of Highland Village Utility Division make a profit?
2. How many employees are in the City’s Utility Division?
3. How does the City’s Utility Division compare to the industry standard and other cities?
4. What are the City’s water resources?
5. How much water does an average residential customer use in a month?
6. What supplies are used to maintain the City’s water and wastewater systems?
7. Who tests our water to make sure the City is in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act?
8. Why is watering not allowed between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.?