Ennis accepts TWDB funds and OKs engineering task order to replace lead service lines

Jul 21, 2026

Commission approved TWDB principal forgiveness and low‑interest financing and authorized a task order to Friese & Nichols for lead service line inventory and replacement engineering; staff said the TWDB package provides about $3.04M with roughly half as grant/forgiveness and the rest as subsidized loans.

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The commission approved a suite of actions to comply with EPA/TWDB lead service line requirements: authorization to issue certificates of obligation for inventory and replacement work, approval of low‑interest subsidized financing for the replacement component, acceptance of principal‑forgiveness (a TWDB grant) for about 51% of the program, and award of an engineering task order to Friese & Nichols.

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