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Residents press council on water supply and PFAS as wastewater-plant upgrade nears beneficial use
Summary
At public comment, residents urged city transparency on water quality, billing and PFAS; staff updated the council that Royal Spring water supply averages about 4,000,000 gpd and that the wastewater-treatment Plant No. 1 upgrade will reach beneficial use around Sept. 30, with a Judy Construction pay request approved.
Public comment at the Sept. 22 Georgetown City Council meeting focused on water infrastructure concerns, including unexplained billing fluctuations and contamination risks such as PFAS.
Dan Holman, speaking from the public, urged the council to include citizen questions in upcoming water infrastructure presentations and noted an online community group collecting complaints. He said Royal Spring’s water supply is “pretty much tapped out at about 4,000,000 gallons per day on average” and referenced the sewer capacity expansion that increased wastewater capacity from roughly 4,500,000 gallons per day to 9,000,000 gpd. Holman also urged the city to consider treatment technologies such as membrane filtration to address PFAS and suggested reuse for industrial customers.
On operational items, GMWSS staff presented several routine but substantive procurement and project updates: a Petco contract for cleaning concrete channels at the Royal Spring raw-water basins ($19,119.60) was approved; a Desotec carbon change-out at Plant No. 2 ($59,624.75) passed; and a $256,084.25 pay request to Judy Construction for work on the wastewater-treatment Plant No. 1 upgrade was approved. Staff advised council that a beneficial-use milestone is expected Sept. 30, after which the city will gradually route flow into the new headworks and process train, test startup systems and repurpose older structures.
Council did not take any regulatory action on PFAS at the meeting; staff and public agreed further public outreach and a forthcoming presentation would be useful so residents can submit questions in advance.
