LAKES MANAGEMENT

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Kings Point Community Association owns the two 10-surface-acre amenity lakes, one in the Landing and one in the Cove. The lakes were originally installed by the developer of our community to provide drainage and minimize potential flooding during heavy rains. As such, the main source of water to maintain the lakes is storm water run-off from the surrounding surface streets' storm drains. In addition, the lakes provide a pleasant, natural amenity for our residents.

The sprinkler systems around each lake and all other KPCA areas use city water. Each lake sprinkler system can use up to 100,000 gallons per week, depending on the time-settings. The sprinkler systems operate on timers and irrigate in off-hours so as not to interfere with use of the lake walking paths. The Cove Lake has 14 sprinkler zones, and the Landing Lake has 20 zones.

Questions have been raised regarding raising the level of the lakes during our 2011 prolonged drought. The only source of available water (other than rain water run-off) is city water at a cost of $6,250 per one million gallons. To raise the level of our lakes one inch requires approximately 1/2 million gallons of water, or approximately $3,125. As of September 2011, the level of our lakes is at least four feet below normal. As a result, using city water to raise the level of the lakes is cost prohibitive. In addition, the Board has concerns whether adding such a significant quantity of chlorinated city water may harm the fish and other wildlife that use our lakes and using millions of gallons of city water at this time probably is not in keeping with the spirit of current water use restrictions.

Some have asked whether water wells may be used to access water for our lakes. Unfortunately, the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District requirement that well water become a reducing percentage of total water consumption has eliminated this source of water for our lakes.

Given our lack of cost-effective alternatives, we are left waiting for the lakes to be replenished in the course of their original purpose as drainage lakes. We have, however, taken the “opportunity” of low lake water levels to extract some undesirable debris from the lakes and encourage all homeowners to help us keep our lakes free of bottles, cups and such.