Organization: Major Projects: Dallas County Utility and Reclamation - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Organization: Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District (DCURD) is a political subdivision of the State of Texas created by a 1983 special act of the Texas Legislature that became effective on February 1, 1984. It is the successor to Dallas County Municipal Utility District No. 1, which was created by the Texas Water Commission (now known as the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality) in 1972. The District was created to construct and operate certain infrastructure and amenity elements within the Las Colinas development in Irving, Texas. Functions: flood control and drainage land reclamation water transportation concessions land-based transportation streets and roads recreation and open space amenities raw water supply and irrigation lake management Board of Directors and Staff: DCURD is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by the Irving, Texas City Council. The term of office is four years. Board of Directors: President Director Danny C. Opitz Tom Tannehill Hines Interests LP Attorney at Law Vice President Director Bruce Kamis Josh A. Hedderich Preferred Office Products Parmenter Secretary-Treasurer Charles Cotten CSE Commercial Real Estate Management: General Manager General Counsel Jacky L. Knox John F. Boyle, Jr. Chief Financial Officer and Tax Collector Kenneth R. Heffley Major Projects: Reclamation to create the 1,000 acre Las Colinas Urban Center Urban Center Levee Lake Carolyn Storm Water Pump Station Royal Lane Reclamation Project – La Villita Lake Remle and Canals Hackberry Creek Reclamation – Neiman Marcus Cottonwood Creek Flood Management System – TPC Byron Nelson Waterways Raw Water Supply System Extensions of Colwell Drive, Walnut Hill Lane, and Las Colinas Boulevard Buffalo Boulevard Colorado Drive Participation with the City of Irving in SH 161 Area Personal Transit System Electricity Aggregation – Electricity Aggregation groups created to assist property-owning taxpayers in DCURD to receive the maximum benefit from the deregulation of electricity under S.B. 7. City TIF District No. 1 – City of Irving TIF District No. 1 created to accelerate economic development in Las Colinas through various means including advance infrastructure construction. DCURD is a beneficiary of the TIF. Summary of Investment in Capital Improvements: Function Investment (Historical Cost) Water-Related $ 58,300,000 Streets and Roads 12,700,000 Transit System 44,500,000 Capitalized Interest 37,300,000 Total $ 152,800,000

Typical State Permit Language for Evaporation Make-Up

• 1. Permit To Appropriate State Water No. 4047 (Vol. 83244, Pg. 5192):

Impoundments on Cottonwood Creek and Southfork Hackberry Creek. Special Conditions (C) “Permittee shall maintain the reservoirs authorized herein at their normal maximum operating level at all times with water purchased from a water supplier which has a right to sell water for the purposes authorized herein.”

• 2. Permit To Appropriate And Use State Water No. 5586 (Vol. 98046, Pg. 01542):

Impoundments of Las Colinas Boulevard Lakes and Hackberry Creek Segments I and II Special Conditions C. “After initial filling, Permittee shall maintain each reservoir at its normal maximum operating elevation with groundwater-based effluent purchased from the Central Regional Wastewater System Of The Trinity River Authority Of Texas or from

• ther sources having authorization to provide such water.

WATERWAYS

 Approximately 23 miles of pipelines.  17 pump stations for the transfer and distribution of raw water.  Supplied approximately 29,472,000,000 gallons of raw water since 1986, with an annual average of 914,000,000 gallons per year during the last 5 years.  Raw water is used for make-up of lake evaporation and irrigation purposes.

Updated: June 2019

Elm Fork Pump Station

Everglades Pump Station

Pump Station No. 1

O’Connor Pump Station

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58 waterways ranging in sizes

• f 0.3 acre to 112

acres of surface area.

WATERWAYS

DALLAS COUNTY UTILILTY AND RECLAMATION DISTRICT 1a. DCURD lake evaporation make-up 1b. DCURD irrigation of open spaces 2. Las Colinas Country Club Golf Course 3. Hackberry Creek Golf Course 4. Las Colinas Sports Club golf courses 5. LCA Urban Center medians 6. LCA medians north of Verizon 7. LCA Las Colinas Blvd. Medians 8. LCA Rochelle greenbelt 9. LCA medians north of Royal Lane 10. LCA Bluebonnet Hill 11. LCA Island Greens at 114 13. System Realty 15 14. Verizon 15. Exxon/Mobil 16. 17. CitiGroup Phase 1 and Phase 2 18. Southwestern Bell National Operations Center WATER SUPPLY ENTERPRISE FUND CUSTOMERS 19. North Lake College 20. Opus South 21. Fluor Corporation 12. LCA – La Villita 22. North Hills Charter School Irving Convention Center

333 Acres of Lake Evaporation Make-Up Throughout the System

Lake Carolyn: 107 Acres

Open Areas

Summary of Water Supply Benefits

It provides a drought-proof source of reclaimed water Since 1986 it has been a positive progressive environmental element to the Las Colinas Development It is a water conservation activity. Potable water and capital costs to provide potable water systems can be diverted to higher priority uses by the City of Irving.

Everglades Pump Station

Raw Water Supply Maintenance

PIPELINE DISCHARGE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS

Trinity River Authority (TRA) is leading the re-permitting effort with the TCEQ Current Permit issued February 4, 2008 Existing/Interim Permit  Annual average flow – 162 MGD  Two-hour peak flow – 281,250 gpm (405 MGD)  Quality criteria – 7 mg/l CBOD, 15 mg/l TSS, 2/4 mg/l NH3, 6 mg/l DO min. Updated Permit  Annual average flow – 189 MGD  Two-hour peak flow – 385,417 gpm (555 MGD)  Quality criteria – 7 mg/l CBOD, 15 mg/l TSS, 2/4 mg/l NH3, 6 mg/l DO min.