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Fort Worth outlines water system expansions as service area could add 300,000 people over 10 years
Summary
Water department presented capacity projects for West Side, Far North (Eagle Mountain) and North Side, plus conservation enforcement; major pipeline and treatment expansions cited and early costs estimated.
Fort Worth027s water utility briefed the City Council work session on Feb. 18 about infrastructure projects intended to meet rapid service-area growth and rising demand. Chris Harder, the city027s water system presenter, said the service area could grow by about 300,000 people over the next 10 years, equivalent to roughly 158,000 single-family meter units.
Harder said the West Side Water Treatment Plant is built as a 35 million-gallon-per-day (MGD) structure with membranes installed initially for 12 MGD; the plant currently operates at 18 MGD and staff plan to purchase membranes this spring to raise capacity to about 26 MGD. "We will be coming to you with a council agenda item to buy another 8,000,000 gallons per day of membranes to increase the plant…
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