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Pflugerville reviews water and wastewater master plans as treatment-plant expansion proceeds
Summary
City staff presented updates to Pflugerville's five-year water and wastewater master plans, explaining 2019 treatment violations, membrane upgrades to counter zebra mussels, funding tied to state programs and timelines for a water-treatment expansion and secondary raw-water line slated for completion next year.
Pflugerville city staff told the council at a Nov. 25 work session that the city is moving forward with major water and wastewater upgrades, including an expansion of the water treatment plant and construction of a secondary Colorado River raw-water line.
Brandon (presenter), who led the briefing, said the water master plan frames the utility’s priorities across 5-, 10- and build-out planning horizons and that recent capital work is intended both to address long-standing compliance issues and to increase capacity. “In 2019, it was 74 total,” Brandon said of the treatment-related violations the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality documented, a series of incidents that prompted a special performance evaluation and led staff to pursue both short-term fixes and longer-term plant upgrades.
Brandon explained the city previously operated as the retail operator for some areas served wholesale…
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