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Council authorizes bid package for South Collector sewer line to relieve interceptor capacity
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Summary
The council approved issuance of the bid package for the South Collector sewer-line project, a roughly $5.9 million effort funded by the Texas Water Development Board state revolving fund to relieve the city’s 15-inch central interceptor.
Dripping Springs City Council authorized the utilities department to issue the bid package for the South Collector sewer-line project on April 21, a project designed to reduce demand on the city’s 15‑inch central interceptor and prepare for future wastewater-plant phases.
Utilities director Grama Larman said the project will install roughly 6,000 linear feet of gravity main through about 10.86 acres of disturbed site, using an existing Kankashka easement and including traffic control, livestock protection and selected tree preservation. Current cost estimates are about $5.9 million; funding is expected through the Texas Water Development Board state revolving fund and will require a fiscal-year budget amendment.
Staff recommended issuing the bid immediately; the schedule anticipates advertisement within 30 days, bid opening at the end of May, recommendation and award to follow in July and construction starting in August with roughly a 336‑day construction window. The project is intended to free capacity on the downtown interceptor and to provide tie-ins for future development and treated-effluent reuse opportunities.
Why it matters: the project addresses near-term capacity constraints on the city’s wastewater system and creates infrastructure to support growth and more centralized wastewater treatment.
