GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — The city of Georgetown is looking to sell portions of its municipal water utility to manage future growth and costs.

Georgetown's Water Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (CCN) currently serves a 400-square-mile area, providing water service to over 170,000 residents. A CCN grants a utility the exclusive right and responsibility to deliver service within a designated geographic region.

Of the 400-square-mile area, 40% of water customers live outside Georgetown city limits, including parts that service Burnet and Bell counties. Georgetown City Manager David Morgan said that servicing that much territory is causing "significant strain" for the city.

"We have little control over development outside of our city limits and especially outside of our ETJ," Morgan said

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