Aqua Water Supply, a nonprofit corporation, provides water and wastewater for home, farms and ranches, and is located in Bastrop, Texas. Established in 1970, it serves rural residents of east central Texas, in a 950-square mile area, in six counties, including most of Bastrop County and parts of Lee, Caldwell, Fayette and Williamson counties. More than 42,000 homeowners, farmers and ranchers count on the company to provide drinking water, and water for their livestock. It has a network has more than 1,600 miles of pipe and 16,000 connections, and over 40 storage tanks, with a capacity of more than 10-million gallons. Aqua Water Supply is governed by an eight-member board of directors, who are elected by the members, one from each of the eight zones within Aquas service area.