Georgetown looking to sell parts of water service area

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GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — The city of Georgetown is looking to sell portions of its municipal water utility to manage future growth and costs.

Georgetown’s Water Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) currently serves a 400-square-mile area, providing water service to over 170,000 residents. A CCN grants a utility the exclusive right and responsibility to deliver service within a designated geographic region.

Of the 400-square-mile area, 40% of water customers live outside Georgetown city limits, including parts that service Burnet and Bell counties. Georgetown City Manager David Morgan said that servicing that much territory is causing “significant strain” for the city.

“We have little control over development outside of our city limits and especially outside of our ETJ,” Morgan said. “To better plan for our system, and also to manage rising costs, we’re exploring the sale of our of a portion of our water utility.”

According to data provided by the city, Georgetown’s current service area population is expected to grow over 900,000, with the water demand nearing 152,000 acre-feet per year by 2070.

Georgetown will offer to transfer portions of its CCN to neighboring cities first — like Killeen, Salado, Florence, Jarrell and Liberty Hill.

“We anticipate it’d be up to 11,500 customers that would be in the sale of the water utility, and that we retain over 62,000 customers that remain in the Georgetown water territory,” Morgan said.

The city has an interactive map of the affected areas and more detailed information on the topic. You can access that here.

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