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Lockhart council amends GBRA contract to allow second water delivery point at Cesar Chavez tank
Summary
Council authorized an amendment to the Gonzales‑Carrizo Groundwater Supply Project agreement to add a second delivery point near the Cesar Chavez elevated storage tank, creating redundancy for Lockhart’s water supply.
Lockhart City Council voted 7–0 to amend its Gonzales‑Carrizo Groundwater Supply Project agreement with the Guadalupe‑Blanco River Authority (GBRA) to permit a second delivery point at the Cesar Chavez elevated storage tank.
Public Works Director Sean Kelly said the regional project will continue to deliver the city’s contracted 3,000 acre‑feet of treated water annually but will allow the city to receive that water at either the existing water treatment plant or at the new delivery point near the Cesar Chavez tank. “This isn’t new water, this is the same water. We’ll just be able to take it in a different location,” Kelly said.
Kelly described the new pipeline alignment and the GBRA booster pump station that will cross Silent Valley Road and SH‑130, feeding a ground storage tank north of Silent Valley Road and the Cesar Chavez elevated tank. He noted the tap provided by GBRA will be 12 inches and capable of supplying the city’s full 3,000 acre‑foot entitlement if needed, while the city remains responsible for constructing the connection from the tap to the Cesar Chavez tank.
Council members asked whether the second delivery point would fully cover the city during maintenance at the water plant. Kelly replied that, while additional engineering and construction will be required, the volume delivered by GBRA (3,000 acre‑feet annually) exceeds typical peak summer demand and that the second delivery point could provide continuous supply during planned plant maintenance.
Kelly said city staff are working with the city engineer on a preliminary engineering report to estimate the costs to connect the tap to the Cesar Chavez tank. He described the amendment as a redundancy and resilience measure and said a small ground storage tank at the city’s side may be needed to maintain required separation between sources.
Why it matters: The amendment creates physical redundancy in Lockhart’s water supply and could reduce service interruptions during maintenance or outages on the water‑plant side of the distribution system.
Votes at a glance
- Amendment to GBRA agreement to add a second delivery point (Cesar Chavez elevated storage tank): approved 7–0.
