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Liberty Hill approves $960,213 work order to design pilot advanced water purification plant
Summary
City Council voted 5-0 to authorize a work order with Garver LLC not to exceed $960,213 to design a pilot advanced water purification facility (AWPF). The project is tied to a larger Texas Water Development Board funding award and is intended to address local water supply limits and a strict phosphorus limit at the South Fork wastewater plant.
Liberty Hill City Council voted unanimously Thursday to approve a work order with engineering firm Garver LLC to design a pilot advanced water purification facility, the first major design step toward a direct potable reuse system for the city.
The council approved work order W07-2400273, “pilot plant design for advanced water purification facility,” in an amount not to exceed $960,213. The motion passed 5-0.
The pilot facility is intended to test technologies and provide a permanently owned demonstration plant at the South Fork wastewater treatment site that operators can use for training and for evaluation of treatment components before full-scale construction. Greg Spud, project manager with Garver, said, “the AWPF facility will treat wastewater to potable water standards.” Jeff Meadows, Garver engineer, described phase 2A as the detailed design phase that produces drawings, bid documents and a bidding process for a contractor to build the pilot.
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