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Leander warns residents as primary treatment plant work cuts capacity; stage 4 restrictions in effect
Summary
City officials said planned work at the BCRE Way wastewater facility will reduce treatment capacity and triggered stage 4 conservation measures; staff detailed outreach, contingency planning and potential service impacts.
City officials told the Leander City Council on Jan. 2 that planned work at the BCRE Way treatment facility will temporarily reduce capacity and that the city has activated stage 4 water conservation steps to prepare for the change.
Executive Director of Public Works Ellison said scheduled shutdown and upgrades at the BCRE Way plant reduced effective treatment capacity from 24 million gallons per day to about 9 million gallons per day, a roughly 60% reduction. "We initiated phase 4 on Monday of this week," she said, and staff…
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