A city staff member reported during the meeting that a 36-inch section of pipeline installed beneath the Brazos River remains large enough for projected future demand and that staff have settled on a pump station design that the speaker described as "five 500-horsepower variable-frequency-drive pumps." The speaker said the pipe had been sized larger than the system then required when it was installed and that several million dollars had been spent on that earlier work.

Staff emphasized why the sizing matters: population projections and the city and district's anticipated water production needs still align with the larger pipe capacity. The staff member said the system previously ran water through a 24-inch line but that the 36-inch river crossing provides greater capacity.

In describing the pump station, the staff member said the design would use variable-frequency drives, commonly called VFDs, which control motor speed; the transcript misstated that a VFD is a motor. The speaker said VFDs would let operators ramp pumps without shutting valves and performing slow manual starts, which is how the system is started now.

The transcript did not record a formal vote, a procurement decision, a construction timeline, or a cost estimate for the pump station. It also did not specify which city office will lead next steps or any external approvals required.

What was said about the project combines earlier investment in the river crossing, an engineering sizing review by HDR, and staff direction on pump-station equipment. No formal action or motion appears in the provided transcript excerpt.