Doe Branch Plant Expands to Keep Up with Growth

More homes means more wastewater as residents use showers, toilets and sinks. Treating wastewater to a safe standard is vital to protect local waterways and human health.  To keep pace with increasing wastewater volumes, UTRWD is expanding the Doe Branch Water Reclamation Plant from its current 4 million-gallons-per-day treatment capacity to 12 million-gallons-per-day, along with a new parallel interceptor pipeline to support increased flows as nearby communities develop.

Learn more about the Water Reclamation Process.

Northwest High School tours UTRWD Water Reclamation Plant

Recently, students from Northwest High School visited the Lakeview Water Reclamation Plant. They learned about the steps needed to treat wastewater (water that has been used and traveling through the sewer system) to a safe environmental quality before discharging into Lewisville Lake. The students also learned about stream erosion and watershed management principles and careers in the water & wastewater industry.

UTRWD Employee Food Drive Provides Thanksgiving Meals for 50 Families

This month, UTRWD’s HR staff organized a Thanksgiving food donation drive in partnership with Friends of the Family. Employees and their families helped donate enough food to provide Thanksgiving meals for 50 families in need. Happy Thanksgiving!

Don’t Water At All Y’all!

Sprinklers should be turned OFF since plants are nearing dormancy and won’t need additional water until next spring. Turning sprinklers off now keeps your winter water usage lower, which can keep your sewer rate lower for the coming year.  Learn more at WaterLessYall.com.  

Treat Your Pipes Right This Thanksgiving

Holiday foods can be hard on your gut – and on your pipes and sewer system. Fats, oils, and grease and other food items can stick to the inside of pipes, potentially leading to sewer backups.  Scrape leftover food items into the garbage.  Have leftover cooking oil?  Pour into a separate container and dispose in the garbage - - not down the drain! Learn more in this explanation video!

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Leave the Leaves on the Lawn

There’s no need to spend so much energy raking and bagging leaves to throw them away! Even worse, don’t sweep or blow leaves into the street where they can end up polluting nearby streams!  Simply mow over fallen leaves to add valuable nutrients to your lawn soil or add into a compost bin.  Find more ways to protect water quality on our website.

IN THE NEWS

Texas set to make $20 billion investment in water after voters approve Proposition 4 (Texas Tribune)

Will Texas actually run out of water? (Texas Tribune)

Cross Timbers Water Supply Corporation: Keeping up with Growth (Cross Timbers Gazette)