The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has announced its latest disbursement of funding, delivering $123.4 million for essential water and wastewater system improvements.
The City of Denton will receive the largest singular amount, totaling $60 million for a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) improvement project. Once completed, the WWTP will expand from 21 million gallons per day (mgd) to 30 mgd.
Plans include installing bioreactors for biological nutrient removal, membrane tanks, new basins and final clarifiers and a lift station. Additional work will involve building an ultraviolet disinfection structure, a dewatering building, a sludge pump station and new electrical, dewatering and membrane equipment buildings.
A separate $50 million installment will go to the City of Granbury as officials seek to build a 5-mgd water treatment plant (WTP) and upgrade its current plant. The existing WTP will receive new feed pumps, filters, boost pumps and electrical equipment improvements. The city will also upgrade the electrical and chemical feed systems and pumps at the pump station. The city will also develop an asset management plan.
The TWBD will deliver $4.8 million to the City of New Summerfield to replace roughly 16,000 feet of water distribution lines and 525 manual-read water meters with automatic meters. The city will also build a 100,000-gallon elevated storage tank and a 90,000-gallon-per-day water well.
The City of Alamo will receive $2.6 million to complete the design for the expansion of its 5-mgd WTP to 6 mgd. The design will feature two new 1.3-mgd water wells and a 25,000-gallon raw water storage tank. Other project details will include installing variable frequency drives, a membrane filtration system, a reverse osmosis system, waste handling, upgrades to the electrical and chemical feed systems, a generator and a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. The city also plans to develop an asset management plan.
The Olmito Water Supply Corp. will use its $2.6 million share to plan the expansion of its current 2-mgd WTP to 3 mgd. Expanding the plant will include installing new membrane filtration alongside a reverse osmosis desalination system, chemical feed and pretreatment systems. In addition to creating an asset management plan, the corporation will also build two water wells.
The City of Annona will receive $1.7 million to replace sewer lines and manholes in its collection system. Additional work will include replacing bar screens, oxidation ponds, pumps and lift stations at its WWTP.
The final $1.7 million award will go toward the City of Dublin to replace roughly 1,392 manual-read water meters with automatic meters in addition to 1,200 feet of water distribution lines and 55 isolation valves. The city will also install a forced aeration system at its elevated storage tank.
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