12-16-14 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Area Water Authority

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e. Wastewater collection and treatment system. Currently, only the City of Morgan's Point treat 100% of their own wastewater. The City of La Porte treats 89.9% of their own wastewater. The remainder of the La Porte wastewater flows and the flow from the City of Shoreacres are pumped to a regional wastewater facility owned by the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority. 2. System Problems: The La Porte Area Water Authority currently has no serious water supply problems. The storage and distribution systems are adequate to supply surface water to its customers through the La Porte Area Water Authority from the City of Houston Southeast Water Purification Plant. F. ALTERNATIVES: Water conservation methods are typically divided into two (2) categories, Demand Management Methods and Supply Management Methods. Demand Management Methods deal with water use on the downstream side of a customer meter. Demand management provides for education or incentives to reduce the water use by the consumer. This method of conservation generally results in a decrease in water revenues because less water is purchased from the City. Supply Management Methods deals with the utility's water system upstream of the customer's meter. The goal of supply management is to improve efficiency and reduce waste within the production treatment, and distribution system. Supply management usually results in decreased costs to the utility as water losses in the system are reduced. 1. DEMAND MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES a. Education and Information: The most readily available and lowest cost method of promoting water conservation is to inform water users about ways to save water inside homes and other buildings, in landscaping and lawn uses, and in recreational uses. An effective education and information program can be easily and inexpensively administered by the La Porte Area Water Authority. Materials available from the American Water Works Association, Texas Water Development Board, and other like associations are made available to its customers, through hand outs, mail outs, and other sources. The La Porte Area Water Authority has adopted the Bayshore Sun as its official newspaper. This publication can be used to print articles concerning water conservation. The cities of La Porte, Morgan's Point and Shoreacres currently participate in the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District's program for education of elementary school students in the importance and methods of water conservation. Each city sponsors the program by funding the program for the students in the school district. 5