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Staff outlines Hilltop water treatment options; final RO-site easement remains
Summary
City staff presented options for a new Hilltop water treatment plant — including microfiltration and reverse osmosis (RO) — and said a final landowner easement must be secured before bidding on the RO components. Staff described site visits, a tracer study and next steps; no formal council action was taken.
City staff told the council that microfiltration and reverse osmosis (RO) are being evaluated for a planned new Hilltop water treatment plant and that the city must secure a final landowner easement before bidding on an RO facility. "Do we need to think about RO if we have a problem? How would we integrate it into this new design?" staff member Howard Huffman asked during his presentation. "Let's do our due diligence to make sure we make the right decisions."
The presentation said the new plant would likely include high-rate sludge-blanket clarifiers replacing the existing clarifiers, and that staff are not yet making a final equipment decision. Huffman outlined planned site visits for staff and consultants so operators can compare systems in person: Aug. 26 to Conroe (a plant using granulated activated carbon), Sept. 9 to Abilene (where RO…
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