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Council approves modular brackish desalination plant contract, conveyance and groundwater purchases as part of multi-project water response
Summary
Facing drought risk and potential curtailment, the council approved a package of water-supply actions: a contract with Aqualia/MDS for a containerized brackish RO plant, civil work at Owen Stevens, authorized emergency conveyance/pump construction, and later amendments and purchases tied to the Evangeline groundwater program and Lye Ranch water-rights purchase. Staff projected phased water deliveries and estimated customer rate impacts.
The City Council on Feb. 24 approved a cluster of water-supply actions intended to accelerate new local sources amid looming curtailment risk. Key approvals included a contract with Aqualia/MDS for design, procurement, assembly, commissioning and five years of operations for a containerized brackish reverse-osmosis (RO) treatment system at Owen Stevens, civil site improvements, and authorization for emergency construction work on a Western Well Field pump station and a roughly 13-mile conveyance pipeline.
Nick Winkelman, Chief Operating Officer for Corpus Christi Water, described a phased delivery schedule engineered for speed. "The treated water delivery schedule is 3.91 MGD in 11 months, 9.224 MGD in 14 months, 14.56 MGD in 18 months and 21.3 MGD in 24 months," Winkelman said when presenting the Aqualia plan. The council…
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