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APPROVED BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023

OVERVIEW OF
WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS
The Hurst Water Utilities System has maintained its relative size over the past five years. The
number of active water accounts is 12,608 as of September 30, 2022.

The City of Hurst’s water purchased from the City of Fort Worth is estimated for FY 2021-2022
due to a meter malfunction on the Fort Worth metering station. We mutually agreed to an
average billing process to calculate a portion of our bills during the fiscal year. The year ended
with an estimated wholesale water consumption of 1.98 billion gallons for FY 2021-2022. The
City of Fort Worth is estimating total wholesale water consumption of 1.81 billion gallons of
treated water during Fiscal Year 2022-2023. This translates to a decrease of approximately 8.5%
based upon Fort Worth’s estimates; however, for budgeting purposes the City has estimated
consumption being relatively flat due to the addition of new residential properties, including
multi-family properties expected to come online in FY 2022-2023. Of the 1.98 billion gallons used
in FY 2021-2022, the City of Hurst supplemented our wholesale costs by supplying 1 million
gallons from our own well infrastructure, this is a decrease combined with prior years due in part
to drought conditions that existed during FY 2021-2022.

The City of Fort Worth estimates a water supply maximum day demand of 8.20 MGD and
maximum hour demand of 9.80 MGD. The maximum day demand is estimated to decease by
approximately 7% while the maximum hours demand is projected to increase by approximately
3% over the prior fiscal year

The Stage 1 Drought restrictions, which include a limit of 2 day per week schedule, was made
permanent and year-round through ordinance on June 24, 2014. For all of the City’s residential,
commercial and industrial customers as well as municipal departments, Stage 1 limits watering
with an irrigation system or hose end sprinkler to two assigned days per week and also prohibits
watering between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The Tarrant Regional Water District lifted Stage
1 Restrictions in June of 2015 however; the City of Fort Worth maintained the ordinance
restrictions on its wholesale customers.

The infrastructure needed to distribute treated water to our customers consists of approximately
204 miles of water mains ranging in size from six-inches (6") to thirty-inches (30") in diameter.
Six high service pump stations distribute treated water to Hurst customers. These high service
systems have the capacity to pump 33.048 MGD. Water storage in the distribution system
consists of nine ground storage tanks and three elevated storage tanks with a combined capacity
of 8.9 million gallons. Potable water is supplied by the City of Fort Worth.

However, during peak demands, the City of Hurst utilizes three of six water wells that supplement
the Fort Worth water supply. The three remaining wells are brought online in emergency related
situations only. Approximately 155 miles of sanitary sewer mains ranging in size from six inches

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