WCA: Winter Storm Conditions

Attention Residents,

Services for Harris County have been restored, for all Houston area sites, effective February 18, 2021.

As always, the safety of our residents, crews and equipment are our priority, and we look forward to providing your service. With services being suspended Monday-Wednesday, we are anticipating higher-than-normal volumes being placed out at the curb and expecting some delays.

In addition, the forecast is still forecasting cold, rainy conditions, but roads appear to be passable. We continue to monitor all conditions and may have later than normal rollouts of our crews Thursday, morning.

Our office and facilities remain closed due to the loss of power; Therefore, office staff, including customer service, will not be available.

GFL appreciates your patience as we work through this together and are committed to the safest collection, transportation, and disposal of your solid waste and processing of your recyclables.

Sincerely,
WCA/GFL Municipal Department
WCA/GFL Customer Service Department

Boil Water Notice for Community Public Water Systems

Due to a reduced distribution system pressure within the District, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has required the Remington MUD 1, TX1013074, public water system to notify all customers to boil their water prior to consumption (e.g., washing hands/face, brushing teeth, drinking, etc). Children, seniors, and persons with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable to harmful bacteria, and all customers should follow these directions).

To ensure destruction of all harmful bacteria and other microbes, water for drinking, cooking, and ice making should be boiled and cooled prior to use for drinking water or human consumption purposes. The water should be brought to a vigorous rolling boil and then boiled for two minutes.

In lieu of boiling, individuals may purchase bottled water or obtain water from some other suitable source for drinking water or human consumption purposes.

When it is no longer necessary to boil the water, the public water system officials will notify customers that the water is safe for drinking water or human consumption purposes.

Once the boil water notice is no longer in effect, the public water system will issue a notice to customers that rescinds the boil water notice in a manner similar to this notice.

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses). You can do this by posting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

If you have questions concerning this matter, you may contact Inframark, the operator for Remington MUD 1, at our 24-hour Customer Service Line (281) 398-8211.

WCA Trash Service Suspension

At this time we have made the call to suspend services for Wednesday, February 17, 2021, and will continue to monitor the progression of the storm concerning Thursday service.

Winter Storm Conditions – Service Suspension

Due to severe winter weather conditions BayCity, Wharton, Matagorda, Fort Bend, Harris, Brazoria, Montgomery and Waller County services have been suspended. Due to safety concerns, WCA, a GFL Company, has made the decision to close all Houston area sites Monday, February 15, 2021. As the storm progresses through the Greater Houston Area, site closures might continue Tuesday, February 16, 2021. Please note, suspended services due to this storm will resume at our earliest convenience. Safety is our number one concern; we hope everyone is safe during this time. We thank you for your patience and continued trust in WCA/GFL.

Please take care and be safe during the storm.

Trash Collection Delayed

WCA is experiencing temporary circumstances that have caused a delay in your collection services for September 10, 2020. A portion of Remington MUD’s wastee collection service will occur on September 11, 2020.

Thank you for your patience and understanding with this service interruption.

Hurricane Laura Update

UPDATE: WCA will be picking up tomorrow, Thursday, August 27th, per the normal schedule.

Trash collection for the remainder of this week may be impacted by Hurricane Laura.

The District is actively monitoring forecasts for Hurricane Laura. If there is a disruption regarding water supply or wastewater treatment, a notice will be posted to this website.

Important Message from the Board of Directors of Remington MUD No. 1

In light of more people staying home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with local schools letting out for summer break, there has been an increase in people walking and bicycling through our community. The Board wants to draw everyone’s attention to the map below. Please stay off the sites colored in red and use the other sites only in accordance with the map’s legend. Board members and District consultants have seen people accessing the red sites with motorized vehicles (such as ATVs, motorcycles, four wheelers, and three wheelers). These activities are dangerous to the riders and the structural integrity of these drainage facilities. Repairing damage to these facilities from such activities costs you, the residents. Additionally, such activities are illegal. Trespassing on and/or damaging District property is punishable by civil and criminal penalties. If you see people trespassing on the red sites or misusing or damaging any of the sites on the map below, please call the Harris County Sherriff’s Office at 713-221-6000.

COVID-19 Update

We want to assure our customers that Remington Municipal Utility District No. 1 is open for business and that we are maintaining all operations to keep our water safe. We are diligently monitoring Coronavirus/COVID-19 guidance from federal and state government agencies. We are taking the appropriate health and safety precautions and remain committed to meeting our customers’ expectations for safe, and reliable service.

For the safety of customers and employees to mitigate potential transmission of COVID-19, we encourage all customers to use online payment systems. You can pay your water bill through your banks online services or through http://paymyinframarkbill.com/.

If you need to drop a payment off at the office, please utilize the payment drop box located on the North side of the building.

More Information

WCA Coronavirus Update

Effective March 17, 2020 – COVID-19 Important Communication

WCA IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS WITH SOME BACK OFFICE MODIFICATONS IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR CUSTOMERS.

WCA is closely following the recommendations of the CDC on social distance, travel bans, school closures, quarantines and event cancellations. As such, we’ve decided to modify our front office operations in order to protect employees and minimize the risk to spread COVID-19 to our customers.

WCA will take the following precautionary measures:

  • Effective March 17, 2020 non-essential WCA employees will telecommute, or work from home to follow the CDC recommendation of social spacing
  • Access to our offices will be restricted
  • Payments will be accepted over the phone, online and by mail
  • Regular trash, recycling, and disposal service will continue but you may see delays
  • Limit person-to-person contact
  • Essential operations will be at the office to monitor our hauling, landfills, and transfer stations duties for all of your waste needs.

Next steps for our customers:

  • Monitor our Facebook and COVID-19 pages for updates
  • Please, be kind to contain all waste within closed garbage bags
  • Carry on with your landfill and transfer station needs on our site locations.

WCA will continue to serve your community as always. However, we want to make sure you are aware that our regular trash service will continue but you may see delays. We have developed business continuity plans that will remedy any foreseeable business challenges that may occur.

We appreciate the flexibility of our employees and the understanding of our customers during this unprecedented situation. We will provide updates as they come available, please check back to our website.

Stay safe,

WCA Management