20 - Year Growth Plan - City of Kendleton

8.0 UtilitiesWater and wastewater systems in Kendleton have undergone upgrades or replacementin a seemingly continuous pattern for many years. Due the age and/or condition, inconjunction with pipe size and capacity issues, many individual components of the City’ssystem have needed to be addressed. Today, the overall system is much improved overonly a few years ago when wastewater pipe and treatment plant issues were of a criticalnature. Past utility reports have indicated many failures and citations, however upgradedwater line sizes, sewer line rehabilitation and completion of a new wastewater treatmentplant in September 2011 have alleviated many issues. Most of these projects werecompleted using various grant funds in conjunction with Fort Bend County due to thelarge expense and taking into account the City’s relatively low annual budget.8.1 Current StatusThe current water and wastewater systems layouts adequately serve the existingresidents. Trunk lines for the water system are located in the FM 2919 ROW and alongBraxton Road which connects the City’s two water sources for redundancy. Force mainsfor the wastewater system are also located in FM 2919 ROW and along the west side ofBrooks Branch. Utility line connections to these major lines primarily branch east andwest to serve neighborhoods in Kendleton. The current population of fewer than 500persons is well within the design capacity of both the water and wastewater systemswhich can serve up to 3,000 residents.The water supply system uses two pumplocations, a ground level storage tank andan elevated storage tank with a totalcapacity of 94,000 gallons. The newwastewater treatment plant has a .15 milliongallons per day capacity. Previous utilitystudies and reports have cited limitedpopulation growth in the past, yet havecalled attention to the designation of US 59as the I-69 Corridor for the potential to havean effect on the City’s population. While the20-Year Growth Plan obviouslyacknowledges this fact, the CenterPointIntermodal Center is now the prime driver ofpopulation growth in the area and couldhave a much more dramatic effect.Figure 8-1: Kendleton’s 145’ tall water tower.20-Year Growth Plan 51