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Rio Grande City approves contract to replace customer meters, vendor agrees to hire locally
Summary
City commissioners authorized purchase and installation of new water meters under a TWDB-funded project; vendor said it will use local labor where possible.
Rio Grande City commissioners approved purchase and installation of new water meters tied to a Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Drinking Water State Revolving Fund project, authorizing the city to move forward with full implementation after a successful pilot.
The city has already installed pilot commercial meters and staff said those replacements contributed to a roughly $700,000 increase in water and sewer revenues through improved metering. At the Aug. 28 meeting commissioners approved moving ahead to equip the wider customer base with new automated meters and accepted the vendor’s sole-source designation for the TWDB project.
Why it matters: The meter replacements are part of a TWDB SRF-funded program that city staff say will reduce…
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