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Mayor raises water infrastructure concerns, cites broken mains and treatment-plant needs
Summary
The mayor told legislators about water delivery problems, said the city likely has about 1,000 broken mains, and is discussing treatment plant upgrades with state and federal officials.
The mayor said the city is discussing water-delivery and treatment-plant upgrades with state and federal leaders and told Austin and Washington officials about the problem.
"We talked to him about our water challenges. You know, we do have a delivery, system challenge. We probably have a thousand broken water mains this morning. Our water treatment plant needs to be, updated," the mayor said, adding that water infrastructure was on the agenda when meeting state and federal leaders.
He framed this outreach alongside other requests to the state delegation for assistance and said the city is highlighting inefficiencies and infrastructure needs as part of its meetings in Austin and Washington.
No project approvals, specific financing mechanisms or timelines for repairs were announced in the remarks.
