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Council reviews feasibility of tapping West Central line to bring raw water to treatment plant; staff to include option in PK water study
Summary
Staff presented an "alternate no. 3" concept to tap a West Central Texas Municipal Water Supply District pipeline near FM 717 and run a ~24-mile raw-water line back to the city water plant, discussed storage and pump facilities, estimated operational flows, and explored reclaiming wastewater for reuse pending TCEQ permitting.
City staff briefed the council on a proposed raw-water pipeline concept that would tap the West Central Texas Municipal Water Supply District's existing line near FM 717 and run roughly 24 miles to the city's water treatment plant. "What we would do is tap into that line ... put it in tank, and store it up to repump it so that they can't pressurize it all the way back to town," the City Manager said, outlining the need for storage tanks, pump manifolds, a small service building and a generator at the tap site.
Staff presented operational numbers and reuse opportunities. The City Manager described filter backwash volumes and existing lagoon storage: "...we periodically had to do a…
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