Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 96

Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 96 (the “District”) will be holding a Directors’ Election for three (3) Board of Director positions. The District is a political subdivision of the State of Texas and is subject to provisions of the Texas Election Code governing elections.

ELECTION WORKERS

Election workers must be registered to vote at an address within the District and may not be related by blood or marriage to a current Director or to any of the candidates running to serve on the District’s Board of Directors.  The District needs two (2) Election Judges and as many Poll Workers as possible.

• Presiding Judge and Alternate Judge – Election Judges will be paid $20.00 per hour, including training time. One of either the Presiding Judge or the Alternate Judge must open and close the polling location on the dates/times listed below. Either may also be a poll worker.
• Poll Workers – Poll workers will be paid $17.00 per hour, including training time. Voting will be by paper ballot. Poll workers will be provided a list of registered voters and will be responsible for ensuring that only qualified voters of the District are permitted to vote.

SK Law is the District’s general counsel and Agent for Election matters. An email will be sent from SK Law to all prospective election workers regarding the training date(s), as well as a link to the online platform “Sign Up Genius” where the election workers will be able to select dates and times to work.  There must be two (2) election workers on duty at all times.

EARLY VOTING SCHEDULE

Polling Location

Fall Creek Sports Complex
9810 Wyatt Shores Drive

10 a.m. – 7 p.m. all early voting days

• Monday, April 20
• Wednesday, April 22 through Friday, April 24
• Monday, April 27 through Tuesday, April 28

ELECTION DAY

Polling Location

Fall Creek Sports Complex
9810 Wyatt Shores Drive

7 a.m. – 7 p.m.

• Saturday, May 2

Please email hcwcid96@sklaw.us if you are interested in serving as an election worker.

Through  HCWCID No. 96’s website you can easily find links to the following services:

• Setup New Water Service
• Pay Your Water Bill
• Water Billing Questions
• Cancel Water Service
• Pay Tax Bill
• Garbage Collection Guidelines
• Recycling Collection Guidelines

If you have any questions about your water bill or water service please contact:

Si Environmental, LLC
Local: (832) 490-1600
Toll Free: 1 (877) 382-7414
Report Water Leak: (832) 490-1601, dispatch@sienv.com
www.sienv.com

Dear Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 96 Resident, Commercial Property Customer, and Multifamily Property Customer:

This letter is to inform you about upcoming rate adjustments to your water and wastewater bills. These adjustments result from previous increases to the water and wastewater (also referred to as “sanitary sewer”) rates charged by the City of Houston (the “City”) to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 96 (the “District”) and overall cost increases related to providing water and wastewater service.

The District serves over 2,000 residential homes, six apartment complexes, one school, and thirtyeight commercial customers. To provide water and wastewater service to these customers, the District purchases most of its water from the City of Houston and pays the City of Houston to treat its wastewater. In addition, the District operates and maintains the following facilities:

• Supplementary water well and water treatment facility;
• Water distribution system; and
• Wastewater collection system, including six lift stations.

Unfortunately, in recent years the costs to provide water and wastewater services and operate and maintain the water distribution and wastewater collection system have increased. Listed below are just a few of the costs that have increased over the past several years:

• City of Houston water rates charged to the District;
• City of Houston wastewater rates charged to the District;
• Operating and maintaining the water well and water treatment facility, including purchasing water treatment chemicals;
• Repairing water distribution and sewage collection infrastructure, and;
• Performing state required testing and monitoring.

In previous years the District’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) took deliberate steps to maintain competitive water and wastewater rates by subsidizing water and wastewater rates and absorbing rising operational costs and cutting expenses. In fact, the District has not increased its water and wastewater rates since 2019. Due to the continued growing costs, as described above, the Board made the decision to increase the District’s water and wastewater rates. The new rate structure incentivizes District customers to conserve water.

The total increase to the minimum water and wastewater bill for all single-family, residential accounts will be $2.59, broken down as a $1.00 and $1.59 increase to the residential water and wastewater rates, respectively. The minimum water and wastewater bill for single-family residential customers falling within the first tier was $52.47 and will now be $55.06. The Board has also increased the rates for the District’s commercial and multifamily customers. The new commercial account minimum water and wastewater bill will be $73.76 and multifamily accounts will be billed the same as residential homes multiplied by the number of units.

A detailed schedule of the approved water and wastewater rates is attached to this letter as Exhibit “A”. The increases described in Exhibit “A” take effect on March 1, 2026, and will be reflected on the statement you receive in April 2026 for the March 2026 billing cycle.

Should you have any questions about the rate changes, please contact the District’s Operator, Si Environmental, at 832-490-1601. If you wish to review the full Amended Rate Order, please visit https://www.hcwcid96.com.

Respectfully,

Board of Directors
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 96