How Surface Water Reaches MUDs and Cities
The Central Pump Station is the final step in delivering surface water across the Authority’s regional transmission system. Doug Harris explains how the facility receives treated water and delivers it to MUDs and cities throughout the Authority’s boundaries.
Transcript
Transcript edited for clarity and readability.
The Central Pump Station is at the end of the pipeline, so it receives the transmission across town from the source of supply that the Authority purchased from the City of Houston and supplies surface water to all of the member MUDs—the municipal utility districts—that joined the groundwater reduction plan.
The West Authority is a wholesale provider to each MUD district, and my district, in turn, distributes it to retail customers.
The pump station itself is 150 MGD—150 million gallons a day.
There are two storage tanks presently at the site. Each one holds 15 million gallons. There are two now, and two more are planned for the future.
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