Audrey Amirian has advocated for her neighbors since the start of Mill Creek's water discoloration and pressure issues in August of last year.Mill Creek resident and local realtor Audrey Amirian moved her family to Magnolia, an up-and-coming area, figuring property values there could only increase. She also saw an opportunity to raise her daughter in a community with a small-town charm — an atmosphere that was reminiscent of her own upbringing.
From August of last year until now, Amirian has counted about 14 days where water outages have occurred in her neighborhood. These outages at minimum last 15 to 20 minutes and can happen at any moment without any notice from the city. Though the moratorium provides some relief, as it states the city will not approve any new contracts for water taps, all the projects that have received approval before December 2022 can continue to build.
With current development continuing, Mill Creek residents are left wondering when the neighborhood’s water problems will be resolved and which users take priority. The city of Magnolia wanted to annex this area quickly to have space for this growth, but to do so they had to prove they could provide water and sewer. To do so, the city’s former engineering firm laid waterlines at the intersection. However, these lines were rushed in their construction and did not have enough of a volume of well water to provide adequate pressure for all the up-and-coming projects approved, Parker said.
The current city engineering firm, AEI Engineering, took over for the former firm in September 2021. When the firm recognized the pressure problems, they immediately notified the city, the current City Engineer Mike Kurzy said. Some of the documents Parker has requested have been given to him, however a majority have not, he said. Parker filed a second public records request on Wednesday, February 1, to try to bring the request to a close and figure out if he will be able to have access to the unprovided documents, Parker said.
The only solution that residents have right now, according to Parker, is the well construction plan that the city announced. Magnolia said they plan to construct two wells every year, for the next four years, to keep up with the rate of development. David Womack, former Storm Water Investigator II for Harris County Pollution Control Service and Mill Creek resident said their water rate is already high when compared to other water services in the area.
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)
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