{"id":452421,"date":"2026-09-30T20:10:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452421\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T20:10:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T20:10:46","slug":"ntmwd-approves-978m-budget-for-fiscal-year-2027-allen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452421\/","title":{"rendered":"NTMWD approves $978M budget for fiscal year 2027 | Allen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The North Texas Municipal Water District<\/a>\u2019s fiscal year 2026-27 budget is increasing about 8% from the previous year, according to a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NTMWD\u2019s board of directors approved the $978 million budget during a Sept. 24 meeting<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The full story<\/p>\n

The budget allocates funding for the organization\u2019s regional water and wastewater systems that stretch throughout North Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cInvesting in infrastructure is investing in the future of our communities,\u201d said Jenna Covington<\/a>, NTMWD executive director and general manager, in a statement. \u201cWe must have these vital systems in place to protect the health and safety of our region before people arrive.\u201d<\/p>\n

NTMWD provides wholesale water, wastewater and solid waste management services for multiple cities including Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Plano and Richardson, according to its website<\/a>. The organization funds its budget through wholesale rate charges to member cities and customer cities, according to the news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The next fiscal year starts Oct. 1 and will run through Sept. 30, 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Breaking down the budget<\/p>\n

The FY2026-27 budget projects $978.4 million in expenditures and nearly $977.7 million in revenues, according to the budget document<\/a>. Expenditures are increasing from last year\u2019s original budget, which projected $902.4 million in expenses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Capital investments related to increasing capacity and maintaining infrastructure are \u201cmain drivers of the rising costs,\u201d the news release states. The budget is part of NTMWD\u2019s $5 billion investment plan to build and expand infrastructure between 2026 and 2031.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nearly $555.4 million has been allocated for capital expenditures this year, according to the budget document. Another $281.9 million has been programmed for operating expenses and another $141.1 million has been allocated for personnel expenditures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NTMWD has planned over $1.6 billion in capital projects during the next fiscal year, according to the budget document. These projects will be financed by different sources including bonds and the Texas Water Development Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead<\/p>\n

NTMWD has planned $3.4 billion in investments to the regional water system over the next five years. A \u201cmajor focus\u201d of those projects will be to \u201cmaximize the use of existing water supplies\u201d in order to delay the expense of developing new water supplies, the news release states.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The district has planned $1.2 billion in investments for expanding and maintaining its wastewater infrastructure. NTMWD has also planned $50 million for its solid waste system, according to the news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The North Texas Municipal Water District\u2019s fiscal year 2026-27 budget is increasing about 8% from the previous year,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2050,973,155511,73455,155510,160,162,161,12911,81850],"class_list":["post-452421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-budget","tag-infrastructure","tag-jenna-covington","tag-north-texas-municipal-water-district","tag-ntmwd","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-wastewater","tag-water-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}