Gatehouse/Corridor acquired groundwater leases on over 10,000 acres of land in Lee County together with permits for ten wells providing 45,000 acre-feet of production for municipal use.  This production comes from the Simsboro formation of the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer. Gatehouse is the only independent supplier with permitted and constructed wells approved by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for municipal use. This aquifer serves the cities of Bryan and College Station and contains 28,800,000 acre-feet of total estimated recoverable storage. This is almost 15 times the recoverable storage of the highland lakes.  

Gatehouse/Corridor’s principals have been instrumental in the creation and operation of over a dozen municipal utility systems in Central Texas. This includes planning, engineering, financing and operation of water and wastewater utilities. Projects include:

(1)  Crosswinds MUD serving 1738 homeowners in Hays County (2014)

(2)  Escondido MUD in Llano County (2004)

(3)  Crystal Falls MUD (Williamson County) serving over 3500 acres (1990)

(4)  Circle C Municipal Utility District (1983) which provides service to over 4000 acres

(5)  Barton Creek Municipal Utility District (1985) which serves 3500 acres requiring an intake structure on Lake Austin and a water treatment plant,

(6)  Water Control and Improvement District #20 serving Rob Roy and the Creek and Rob Roy on the Lake requiring the construction of a water treatment plant on Lake Austin (1981),

(7)  River Place Municipal Utility District serving over 2000 acres (1981),

(8)  Northwest Travis County MUD #1 serving land within the Bull Creek basin (1985)

(9)  Wells Branch MUD serving 800 acres along the IH35 corridor in the Walnut Creek Basin (1982),

(10) Northtown MUD serving 1300 acres on the east of IH35 in the Walnut Basin (1983),

(11) Steiner Ranch which 4000 acres is served by a special defined area financing package providing wastewater service within the boundary of WCID# 17 (1984)

(12) Lake LBJ Improvement Corporation #1-Horseshoe Bay –(1971)

(13) Numerous other projects requiring creative solutions for utility service.

The recent passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment Act creates an opportunity for cities in the Central Texas corridor to apply for federal grant funding for utility infrastructure. Because the federal funding encourages regional cooperation, cities in the corridor qualify for this grant funding.

Gatehouse/Corridor has engineering plans and financial models for a stand-alone and a regional system.

Georgetown can act independently, without a middle man, to solve its own water supply at a reduced cost. If Georgetown opts be the cornerstone of a regional plan, it will reduce costs to the City even further while helping its neighbors in Williamson County and the Capitol Complex in Austin.