‹ Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 493 · All districts' issues
question
Operations
Confirm whether the Rate Order was amended to add the $120.00 monthly temporary-meter charge before customers were billed, and whether VEPO Envirotrax charges testers or customers a fee.
Water Code §49.212 (charges adopted by the board).
The board action behind it
2025-11-25: Approved the operations and maintenance report; authorized Inframark to transition to the VEPO Envirotrax online backflow reporting system and authorized the President to sign the consent letter
What else happened at that meeting
The Board held a public hearing and adopted an order adding 333.13 acres owned by TPHTL House Hahl, LLC to the District, and approved a Third Amended and Restated District Information Form. It approved the bookkeeper's, tax assessor-collector's and operator's reports, authorized Inframark to move to the VEPO Envirotrax online backflow reporting system, and accepted the engineer's report, including concurrence in a landscape contract award to Shooter & Lindsey, LLC. The Board approved submerged storm sewer agreements for Prairieland Village Sections 88, 89, 92 and 93 and a street light letter agreement for Bridgeland Central Sections 5 and 8. It adopted a resolution requesting an appraisal of property, authorized the candidate filing-period notice for the May 2, 2026 directors election and the annual eminent domain report, and moved its December 23, 2025 meeting to a January 6, 2026 special meeting.The law and guidance in force on 2025-11-25
| District fees and charges are set by board order (rate order) Water Code §49.212
§49.212: Same text in force then and now |
Not shown in the record | Inframark described a new $120.00 monthly temporary-meter charge and asked that the Rate Order be amended; the motion recorded does not amend it (p.2). |
Who's involved
Inframark, LLC (utility operator (also the Bridgeland Water Agency's administrator; MUD 418's operator until March 2026))
VEPO Envirotrax (online backflow reporting system)
Why the board approved it
Recorded: “Inframark requested consent to move to VEPO Envirotrax and described the new temporary-meter charge (p.2).”
The backflow system change is administrative. The $120 monthly charge needs board action to take effect; none is recorded here.