What the Buyer Knows™
"There's a sewer line right across the road." I hear it often, and I understand why. It sounds like the land is ready to go. But a line across the road and the right to use it are two very different things.
Who has the right to serve your land
In Texas, the right to provide retail water or sewer service to an area is held under a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity, or CCN. A line running past your fence may belong to a provider that doesn't hold the CCN for your tract. If that's the case, it may not be able to serve you at all. You can look up CCN boundaries on the Public Utility Commission of Texas maps.
Whether there's room in the pipe
Even when the right provider is next door, the question is capacity. Is the line big enough? Does the treatment plant have room? A buyer planning homes or a business needs a written answer from the provider, not a guess from the road.
Who pays to get there
Extending a line, adding a lift station or upsizing a main costs money, and someone has to pay for it. A buyer's offer usually already accounts for that cost. Knowing roughly what it is helps you understand the offer.
Water supply is part of the picture
Capacity isn't only about pipes. On 24 August 2026, the Brazos River Authority issued a Stage 2 Drought Warning for the East Williamson County Regional Water System at Lake Granger, which serves the City of Taylor, Lone Star Regional Water Authority and Jonah Water SUD (Williamson County Sun, 25 August 2026). Check the current status before relying on it, because drought stages change. Water is a real constraint in this corridor, and buyers know it.
Why it matters when you sell
Two tracts on the same road can be worth very different amounts depending on these answers. A buyer's team will find them out. You should know them first.
Don't sell your land until you know what the buyer knows. If you own land in East Williamson or Milam County, request a Legacy Land Value Review™. It's free, and you'll know what you own before you decide anything. Or call me at 512-269-5278.
From Dirt to Dollars.
Brad Robbins, Broker/Owner, Top Notch Properties
This is general information, not legal advice. Sources: Public Utility Commission of Texas, CCN mapping; Williamson County Sun, 25 August 2026, on the Stage 2 Drought Warning issued 24 August 2026 by the Brazos River Authority. Photo: farmland at sunset by Corey Leopold, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Top Notch Properties · Brad Robbins, Broker · TREC License #610974 · 512-269-5278.