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City outlines multi‑year wastewater plan, seeks $80M+ in state and federal aid
Summary
Amarillo staff briefed council on a phased plan to rebuild and expand wastewater treatment capacity, citing TCEQ 75/90 triggers at Hollywood plant, a pivot to two smaller plants, preliminary cost targets and active funding applications including a $20M TWDB grant and $60M CWSRF loan.
City utility staff gave a detailed update on Nov. 18 about plans to upgrade Amarillo’s aging wastewater system and to build new treatment capacity in phases.
Donnie Hooper and the city’s consultant team described a pivot away from a single centralized plant toward rehabilitating the existing Hollywood and River Road plants while constructing new capacity sized for 10–15 years of projected growth. Hooper said Hollywood has met the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s (TCEQ) trigger for planning (the 75% permitted average‑daily flow threshold) and the department has begun engineering,…
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