Harris County Water Control & Improvement District 159 (the "District") is a political subdivision of the State of Texas. The District contains approximately 3146.05 acres of land and was created for the primary purpose of providing regional amenity and storm water detention ponds to serve the land within its boundaries. The District also operates a non-potable irrigation system that utilizes water impounded in the ponds to irrigate medians, parks, and other public open spaces.
The District is a political subdivision of the State of Texas, created by an order of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (the “TCEQ”) on August 16, 2007, and operates pursuant to Chapters 49 and 51 of the Texas Water Code, as amended. The District currently includes approximately 3,136 acres of land within its boundaries.
The District is located approximately 25 miles northwest of the central downtown business district of the City of Houston, Texas and lies wholly within the exclusive extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. Approximately 1,737 acres in District are within the boundaries of Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District, approximately 722 acres in the District are within Katy Independent School District and approximately 677 acres in the District are within Waller Independent School District. The District lies west of Fry Road approximately 4 miles south of the intersection of Hempstead Highway and House Hahl Road. Access to the District is provided by U.S. Highway 290 to Fry Road south or by the Grand Parkway to House Hahl Road east.
