Status Quo for East Plantation
Everything remains as it has been with East Plantation. RPMUD has outsourced their operations. It has no impact on EPUD.
Author: EPUD
Boil Water Notice Rescinded
Water is safe to drink — no boiling necessary.
Monthly Invoice Bills
To East Plantation residents:
The monthly invoice bills were taken to the Post Office on December 20, 2021.
As of December 28th, they have not been delivered. The Post Office has no explanation.
You may go to EastPlantationUD.com and click on the “pay your bill” item to find your current balance. You will need your account number and the first three letters of your last name.
You may also call 936-273-3366 to learn your balance.
If the cards are not received by December 30th, we will remail on January 3rd. We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Bond Election November 2, 2021
The Board of Directors of the East Plantation Utility District has called a Bond Election for November 2, 2021. The proposed bond amount of $4,000,000 will be used to repair and improve the District’s aging infrastructure for water plants, sewer lines, and drainage systems over the useful life of the facilities. The Board anticipates that the bonds issued for the necessary repairs and improvements will be structured to avoid an increase to the District’s tax rate. Early voting begins October 18 and ends October 29.
Notice of Public Hearing on Tax Rate
The East Plantation UD will hold a public hearing on a proposed tax rate for the tax year 2021 on August 18, 2021 at 2:00 PM at 447 Cumberland Trail Conroe TX. Your individual taxes may increase at a greater or lesser rate, or even decrease, depending on the tax rate that is adopted and on the change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in taxable value of all other property. The change in the taxable value of your property in relation to the change in the taxable value of all other property determines the distribution of the tax burden among all property owners.
What You Should Know About Hurricanes
From Ready.gov
- Know what to do before, during, and after a hurricane.
- Prepare before hurricane season starts. Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1.
- Create an emergency communication plan with your family before a hurricane.
- Have emergency supplies in place at home, at work, and in the car.
- Know your local community’s evacuation plan and evacuation routes and how to receive alerts.
- Listen to local officials.
East Plantation Utility District
View the current Annual Drinking Water Quality report.
Providing the community with water and sewer services.
Through East Plantation UD’s website you can easily find links to the following services:
Public Hearing for Proposed 2020 Tax Rate
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, at 2 p.m.
447 Cumberland Trail, Conroe, Texas 77302
Proposed 2020 Tax Rate $0.54 per $100 of assessed valuation
- Maintenance & Operations: $0.30
- Debt Service: $0.24
Board Meeting Cancelled
The Board meeting scheduled for Wednesday, March 18th has been cancelled.
Accomplishments
- Set up a website for the district. Provides contact information, district calendar, meeting agendas and meeting minutes.
- Implemented a system to accept Credit Card payments.
- Developing a system to allow each customer to review their balance on line with password protection.
The same system will allow for on line payments for customer invoices.
The target date for this system to be operational is the mid-April billing cycle. - Generators at each well insure water supply during electric outages from storms.
- The sewer treatment plant that is jointly owned by RPMUD and EPUD required several updates and repairs as a result of flooding caused by Harvey. These have been completed. In 2019, the districts will need to update the storage tanks at the plant.
- Joint major sewer trunk lines were relined in 2018. This should minimize sewer line breaches in the future.
- In the District’s ongoing efforts to reduced water usage, the billing rates were modified to encourage conservation of water.