The West Harris County Regional Water Authority (WCHRWA) was created by the 77th Texas Legislature to facilitate the shift from pumping underground well water to surface water in west Harris County.

In compliance with mandates issued by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District (HGSD), the WHCRWA has:

• Completed its Groundwater Reduction Plan certification
• Successfully negotiated a long-term water supply contract with the City of Houston
• Designed and constructed the transmission and distribution infrastructure to deliver surface water by 2010
• Achieved the 30% groundwater reduction goal mandated by HGSD by 2010

WHCRWA is on track to comply with the HGSD groundwater reduction to 60% surface water by 2025, and 80% by 2035.

In 2020, WHCRWA was 35% converted for the permit year, with every gallon over 30% contributing to over conversion credits.

To date the WHCRWA has:

• Designed, purchased easements for and constructed over 79.8 miles of new waterlines
• Constructed WHCRWA Pump Station #1
• WHCRWA delivers approximately 28 million gallons per day of surface water to 67 water plants
• Converted 46 districts to surface water
• Partnered with other regional water authorities to acquire, treat and deliver an additional 320 million gallons a day of treated surface water
  • The Luce Bayou Interbasin Transfer Project
  • Northeast Water Purification Plant Expansion Project
  • Surface Water Supply Project

Click here to read more about the WHCRWA

Pumpage and Surface Water Rates effective 1/1/2022

Groundwater – $3.70/1,000 gallons and
Surface Water – $4.10/1,000 gallons

Pumpage and Surface Water Rates effective 1/1/2023

Groundwater – $3.95/1,000 gallons and
Surface Water – $4.35/1,000 gallons

The fees above are wholesale rates charged by the Authority to well owners, utility districts and municipalities. The retail providers may modify the fees charged to their customers to cover such things as leaks in their system, fire hydrant use, etc.