Winterize Your Home Before a Freeze

Prepare for the Freeze

Protect Your Pipes

Freezing conditions are set to arrive early next week with low temperatures in the 20s expected. Be sure to protect your pipes!

Why Pipe Freezing is a Problem – Water expands as it freezes and pipes that freeze most frequently are those that are exposed to severe cold, like outdoor hose bibs, swimming pool supply lines, water sprinkler lines, and water supply pipes in unheated interior areas like attics, garages or kitchen cabinets. Pipes that run against exterior walls that have little or no insulation are also subject to freezing.

How To Prevent Your Pipes From Freezing

• Drain water from swimming pool and water sprinkler supply lines following manufacturer’s or installer’s directions.
• Remove, drain, and carefully store all hoses that are used outdoors.
• Both hot and cold-water pipes in unheated areas should be insulated. A hot water supply line can freeze just as easily as a cold-water supply.
• Consider installing specific products made to insulate water pipes like a “pipe sleeve” or installing UL-listed “heat tape”, “heat cable” or similar materials on exposed or susceptible to freezing water pipes.
• When the weather is very cold outside, let the cold and hot water drip from the faucet served by pipes that are susceptible to freezing. Running water through the pipe – even at a trickle – helps prevent pipes from freezing because the temperature of the water running through them is above freezing.

If you suspect that the plumbing may be frozen at the point where the pipe goes under the house or in the attic, it is safest to call a plumber as it may be cracked and burst when thawed.

In the event of an emergency, please contact our operator, Inframark, at 832-467-1599. Water running in the street or buckled pavement are signs of a water main break and should be reported immediately.

AWBD Public Service Videos

The Association of Water Board Directors (AWBD) has prepared a number of general Public Service Aannoumcement videos on topics including: Storm Water Drains are not Trash Dumpsters; How are My Taxes Calculated; Protect the Pipes, Don’t Flush the Wipes; and MUDs, a Texas Heritage.

Click here to access these short videos.

Maintenance Complete. Service is Restored

September 7, 2023 at 9:10 AM

The broken mainline on Kingsland has been replaced. Water service has been restored to the area and Inframark is flushing the mainlines to ensure water quality is maintained.

If you experience any issues with water quality, please flush your private lines for 15 minutes. If water quality issues persist after this, please call in to Inframark at (281) 398-8211 so that the matter can be investigated.

Thank you for your patience while your MUD and Inframark maintain our community’s infrastructure, keeping it functional and safe for everyone.

Water Main Break – Status Update

September 6, 2023 at 4:14 PM

The water line in Interstate MUD which broke this morning is in the process of being excavated.

Unfortunately, the manner in which the pipe cracked requires a large section of water line to be replaced. Inframark is working diligently to have the repairs completed and restore water service as quickly as possible.

As soon as the water main has been repaired, Inframark will flush the system’s mainlines to preserve water quality.

Thank you for your patience while your MUD and Inframark work to keep our community’s Water System functional and safe for everyone.

Water Main Break – Possible Service Interruption

September 6, 2023 at 10:42 AM

A water line in Interstate MUD has broken and requires excavation and repair. To do so, a portion of Interstate MUD’s water system needs to be isolated.

This maintenance is ongoing: Field Technicians are currently on site and construction crews have already been dispatched. During this time, businesses and residents in the vicinity of Kingsland Boulevard will experience a reduction or complete loss of water pressure. Once the water main has been repaired, Inframark will flush the system’s mainlines to preserve water quality.

Thank you for your patience while your MUD and Inframark work to keep our community’s Water System functional and safe for everyone.

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