Municipal Utility Districts: What They Mean for Your Home

A Municipal Utility District, or MUD, is a special taxing district that builds and runs water, sewer, and drainage service outside city limits. Travis County has many of them on fast-growing suburban edges.

If a home sits in a MUD, the tax bill has a separate MUD rate stacked on top of the other property taxes. That line can make two similar houses cost different amounts each year.

MUD rates often run higher while a district pays off the bonds that built its pipes and roads. TCEQ's Water Districts Map Viewer and Water District Database can identify the district for an address.