The San Antonio Water Systems board is seeking to withdrawal its exclusive rights to provide water and wastewater to any areas in Kendall County after the developer of the contentious Lily Ranch development at the southern border of Kendall County went before the board seeking an answer on utility services.
The SAWS board voted in favor of transferring its water and wastewater rights to SJWTX – the subsidiary of a California-based company that purchased Kendall West Utility last year – and is looking to pursue a wholesale wastewater service agreement with the new water provider. SAWS already has begun building out an oversized, 24-inch wastewater line that runs along Old Fredericksburg Road near Fair Oaks Ranch with the intention of developing a regional lift sand gravity station.
Now that SAWS has voted to move toward releasing its certificates of convenience and necessity, which grants the agency exclusive right to provide water or sewer services in its Certificates of Convenience & Necessity boundaries, the transfer will go before the San Antonio City Council for consideration and be filed for approval from the Public Utilities Commission.
