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Rio Grande City accepts water-loss study, authorizes up to $2.5 million for meter program pending TWDB reimbursement
Summary
The Rio Grande City Commission accepted a consultant's water-loss study that found low confidence in prior reporting and rising losses, and authorized disbursement authority up to the budgeted $2.5 million so AquaWorks can be paid while the city awaits reimbursement from the Texas Water Development Board.
The Rio Grande City Commission on Nov. 19 accepted a water-loss study that shows the city's water accounting has low confidence and a rising trend in reported losses, and authorized staff to release up to $2.5 million to cover meter program invoices once the city receives reimbursement from the Texas Water Development Board.
Consultant Christina Liao of CAP Associates presented the study under the TWDB economically distressed-area program and told commissioners that the city's historical reporting had limited reliability. "On average, over the five years, you had about 63% confidence in the numbers," Liao said,…
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