Editing Bacliff, Texas (section)

===Utilities===
Two municipal utility districts serve the Bacliff CDP. Some sections of the Bacliff CDP are served by the Bacliff Municipal Utility District (MUD), while other sections are served by the Bayview MUD.<ref>"[http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/apprdir02/084.html Texas Property 2002 Appraisal District Directory: Galveston County] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214212938/http://www.cpa.state.tx.us/taxinfo/proptax/apprdir02/084.html |date=2012-02-14 }}." ''[[Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts]]''. Retrieved on December 9, 2008.</ref> In November 2011 the Bacliff MUD requested and received an 8.95 million dollar bond issue for the expansion of water services which are currently provided to about 2,700 water taps. This bond issue will be funded by Bacliff residents through increased property taxes.<ref>[http://www.americantowns.com/tx/bacliff/news/9-million-bacliff-mud-bond-elections-7246207 $9 Million Bacliff MUD Bond Elections - Bacliff, TX<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In addition to water/sewer service, the Bacliff MUD became responsible for administering trash collection as of February 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bacliffmud.net/trash-service |title=Bacliff MUD Trash Service |access-date=2016-02-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309074535/http://bacliffmud.net/trash-service |archive-date=2016-03-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The Bacliff Volunteer Fire Department provides fire protection services.<ref>"[http://www.gcffa.com/members.htm Members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160206140836/http://www.gcffa.com/members.htm |date=2016-02-06 }}." ''Galveston County Firefighters Association''. Retrieved on December 8, 2008.</ref> In 2010, under the [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]], the fire department got a $356,320 loan and a $191,854 grant from the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] Rural Development. The department used it to buy a newly built pumper fire truck.<ref>"BACLIFF Volunteer Fire Department gets federal loan, grant." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. Sunday June 20, 2010. ThisWeek p. 9. Available at [[NewsBank]], Record Number 4894826.</ref>

As of January 2014 Bacliff resident James Wistinghausen was the General Manager of the Bacliff MUD<ref>"[http://bacliffmud.net/#/about/ Bacliff MUD Staff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040506/http://bacliffmud.net/#/about/ |date=2016-03-04 }}." Bacliff Municipal Utility District. Retrieved on May 8, 2012.</ref><ref>"[https://archive.today/20121224215441/http://www10.tceq.state.tx.us/iwud/pws/index.cfm?fuseaction=DetailPWS&ID=3220 TCEQ Report for Bacliff MUD]." ''[[Texas Commission on Environmental Quality]]''. Retrieved on May 8, 2012.</ref> and the Fire Chief for the Bacliff Volunteer Fire Department.<ref>"[http://www.bacliffvfd.com/index.html#/s4-personnel/ Bacliff VFD Staff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203192852/http://www.bacliffvfd.com/index.html#/s4-personnel/ |date=2014-02-03 }}." Bacliff Volunteer Fire Department. Retrieved on May 8, 2012.</ref>