Dear Brushy Creek MUD residents,

We are thrilled to announce that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has determined on July 25, 2025, that Brushy Creek MUD qualifies to receive the Innovative or Proactive Water System Award, the Outstanding Public Drinking Water System Award, and the Water System Security Program Award.

The awards from TCEQ recognize public water systems that have achieved noteworthy advancements in various aspects of water system management. Specifically:  

1. The Outstanding Public Drinking Water System Award recognizes systems that maintain exemplary water quality, operational performance, and compliance, ensuring safe and reliable drinking water for the public. In addition to receiving no violations from applicable state and federal water enforcement entities, and to maintaining its status as a Superior Public Water System, BCMUD earned this award by exceeding water capacity requirements for production, total storage, and service pump capacity. The District also promoted year-round water conservation and implemented a source water protection program.
   
   
2. The Innovative or Proactive Water System Award honors water systems that implement forward-thinking strategies, technologies, or programs that go beyond compliance to improve water quality, conservation, and sustainability. The District won this award for its implementation of a copper ion system that prevents zebra mussels from infiltrating water system infrastructure. Since completion of the system installation in 2022, the District has strong evidence that the invasive species no longer has a presence in the BCMUD water system.
   
   
3. The Water System Security Program Award acknowledges systems that develop and maintain robust security and emergency response measures to protect water infrastructure and public health. BCMUD garnered this award thanks chiefly to exhaustive efforts to protect the District’s water system, including the installation of cameras, motion sensors, improved lighting, and an emergency alert system. The District also partners with state and local agencies to bolster tools such as the TxWARN system that help spread information and boost public outreach.

In recognition of the myriad examples of excellence shown through our District water system, we would like to extend special congratulations to Bill Carr and his Public Works team. Their dedication to maintaining a superior water system for the District and its residents displays an unending adherence to implementing the Brushy Creek Life.