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Gonzales staff outline water, sewer operations and testing; industrial flows drive wastewater load
Summary
Public works staff described the city’s water and wastewater system operations, testing regimes, staffing and an update on permitting and pretreatment. Staff said 80% of wastewater flow at the treatment plant comes from three large industrial users and that the city is preparing updated sewer ordinances and pretreatment requirements.
City public works staff briefed the Gonzales City Council on Jan. 21 about the operations, testing and permitting that support the city’s water and sewer systems and described staff training, sampling schedules and infrastructure capacity concerns.
A city staff member introduced the presentation and said the city operates a full‑service water and sewer system fed by four groundwater wells with storage tanks totaling about 7,000,000 gallons. “We are absolutely a full‑service city,” the presenter said, noting the system’s single pressure zone and that a second pressure zone would be considered as the city expands east.
Public Works Supervisor Tiffany Twisselman summarized water‑quality monitoring and daily…
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