The West Authority is made up of municipal utility districts (MUDs) and the City of Katy. It is governed by a Board of Directors that includes nine directors who represent Voting Precincts made up of the individual MUDs, and the City of Katy, and serve staggered four-year terms.
The primary mission of the WHCRWA and its governing board is to:
- Acquire and provide surface water and groundwater for residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and other uses;
- Reduce groundwater withdrawals;
- Promote the conservation, preservation, protection, recharge, and prevention of waste of groundwater, and of groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions; and
- Control subsidence caused by withdrawal of water from those groundwater reservoirs or their subdivisions.
