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City staff signs paperwork to start Phase 2 engineering for pump station and treatment plant upgrades
Summary
City staff announced initiation of Phase 2 engineering with HDR to design a new pipeline and pump-station upgrades and described treatment-plant preliminary engineering work required by the Texas Water Development Board’s State Revolving Fund program. No formal council vote was recorded during the presentation.
City staff said they signed paperwork to begin Phase 2 engineering with HDR to design a pipeline and move the city closer to installing pump-station equipment and a larger water treatment plant, and described why the work is necessary under Texas Water Development Board requirements. The remarks came during a staff presentation on city water infrastructure.
Staff member, City staff, said engineers evaluated three options for the pump station after structural review ruled out a simple rehabilitation. "Option 1 was rehabbing. Once the structural people got involved, that is not possible," the staff member said, and described two alternate designs that reuse much of the existing structure. The staff member said the long-term planning assumes space for five pumps, but the immediate construction will provide…
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