Welcome to Inverness Forest Improvement District
Welcome to the website for Inverness Forest Improvement District (the “District”). The District provides water and sewer service to residential and commercial properties, approximately 1 mile east of the intersections of FM 1960 and Interstate Highway 45 North, and generally just to the west of the Hardy Toll Road.
What is a Water Control and Improvement District (WCID) or the Water District?
A Water Control and Improvement District (WCID) is a governmental entity that is created by and operates under the Texas Constitution and Chapters 49 and 51 of the Texas Water Code. A WCID provides water, sanitary sewer and/or drainage services to customers located within the boundaries of the WCID. In addition to those services, WCIDs may also provide public safety, garbage/recycling collection and disposal, fire-fighting, roads and recreational facilities to the communities that are within the WCID. Inverness Forest Improvement District is a WCID, and commonly referred to as the Water District.
Latest News
Water Valve Repairs
H2O Innovation will be repairing water valves in the District for the next few weeks. Beginning February 13th, 2024. You may experience no water or low pressure.
We will be repairing the valves as quickly as possible. Should you any questions or concerns, please contact our office at 281-353-9809.
Keep Our Levee Safe
*The following information was furnished to Inverness Forest Improvement District by the Harris County Flood Control District.
For those of you that do not know, we want to share information about the importance of protecting the subdivision’s levee from damage that all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles can cause.
There have been about 550 flood insurance claims since 1978 within the Inverness Forest Improvement District (District). Almost all of the claims were made prior to construction of the levee and detention basins. The Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD) estimates 147 homes would have flooded during Hurricane Harvey if the levee was not present.
HCFCD constructed the levee, detention basins and pump station in response to the District’s petition, on the condition that the District would provide operation and maintenance services for the levee. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requires verification that the levee system has been maintained in accordance with an adopted operation and maintenance plan, in order to include the levee system on the Flood Insurance Rate Maps. Flood insurance would be mandated and the cost would be much higher if FEMA determined the levee was not being maintained properly.
BEING A DIRT EMBANKMENT, THE LEVEE CANNOT WITHSTAND REPEATED TRAFFIC ALONG THE TOP OR AT THE BASE OF THE LEVEE. All-terrain vehicles and motorcycles can cause rutting and erosion of embankment soils, which increases the District’s maintenance costs. The levee is for the protection of many homeowners within the District. The use of all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles along the levee and the three detention basins increases maintenance costs for everyone in the Inverness Forest subdivision.
HCFCD will assist with installation of NO TRESPASSING SIGNS along the levee, but we need the entire neighborhood to be on watch for persons disobeying these rules and to call our patrol officers if an unauthorized motor vehicle is present on the levee or detention basins. Trespassers can be prosecuted by HCFCD for having an unauthorized motor vehicle within the easements designated for the preservation of the levee and detention basins.
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