About Us

Who We Are

Municipal District Services, LLC was established in October 2007 to provide a professional approach to water and wastewater management for utility districts with an emphasis on the District’s needs above all else. MDS provides full-service management, operations, and maintenance of water and wastewater infrastructure of utility districts in the Houston area. Our approach to utilizing highly professional operations and maintenance procedures results in full compliance of water and wastewater systems through cost-effective means.

In January 2024, Aqualia, a premier global water management company, acquired a controlling stake in MDS. The MDS family company culture, rooted in service and customer focus, aligns perfectly with Aqualia’s people centered culture of public service.

Aqualia is a water management company owned by the citizen services group FCC (51%) and the Australian ethical fund IFM Investors (49%). Serving 43.7 million users in 18 countries, they are the fourth largest water company in Europe by population served and the ninth largest in the world, according to the latest Global Water Intelligence ranking and were awarded Best Water Company of the year 2023.

MDS & Aqualia Philosophy

First and foremost, all of us at MDS-Aqualia are committed to provide the safest water and most effective wastewater disposal to ensure the health and welfare of District customers in the communities we serve. Secondly, we believe in partnering with our clients and in building relationships with them and their consultants to achieve and improve their technical, management, and financial potential; ensure regulatory compliance; and strive for exceptional customer service. We feel that open communications with clients is vital to our success. Last, but not least, we value our staff and their families and will model and reinforce our core values of honesty, family, reliability, respect, and trust to obtain and retain the finest staff in the industry.

This way of working fits perfectly with Aqualia’s philosophy. The continuous advances in innovation and the use of new technologies have allowed Aqualia to consolidate its leadership in the international market. If there is one thing that distinguishes Aqualia, it’s the role sustainable development plays as an inherent part of its business model: combining the generation of a social benefit and the fair profitability of its activity puts the company in a privileged position in the water management sector.

The commitment and responsibility with municipalities in which Aqualia carries out its activity is not limited only to the provision of the service but goes further: it always seeks to contribute to improving the well-being of people and, especially, of the most vulnerable groups.

Our Services

Our primary responsibility is to ensure our districts have clean drinking water supplied to every home and building and that everything disposed of down a drain is treated and expelled according to state regulation. But, more specifically:

• Ground and surface water plant operations, repairs, and maintenance
• Wastewater treatment plant operations and maintenance
• Water distribution, wastewater collection, and storm sewer collection systems operations, repairs, and maintenance
• Lift station and storm water pumping station operations, repairs, and maintenance
• Meter reading, utility billing and collections, and customer care support
• Multiple utility bill payment options for District customers, including an online payment portal
• Comprehensive management services including regulatory compliance, long-range planning, and management of capital improvement programs
• Operations and maintenance of detention/retention ponds, amenity lakes, parks, jogging trails, and streets
• Builder services including, water taps, residential and commercial meter installation, inspection services, and service applications
• Preventative maintenance and inspection services for sanitary and storm sewer manholes, fire hydrants, water valves, and commercial meters
• Complete utility system evaluation and troubleshooting

Aqualia worldwide: Integrated services for towns and cities in collaboration with public administration and industrial services for the private sector.

Aqualia can manage each component of the end-to-end water cycle, which consists of the capture, treatment, purification, distribution and collection of wastewater and its subsequent treatment to be returned to the environment in optimal condition.

Aqualia is an effective contributor to the public administration, providing the necessary technical assistance with professional teams for consultancy work.

Learn more about Aqualia here