exTRA by the Trinity River Authority of Texas

The project began in 2020 and is about a year-and-a-half delayed. The BCRWWS plant expansion will bring the plant’s treatment capacity to 30 million gallons per day. The project is a regional collaboration between Round Rock, Austin, Cedar Park and Leander.

The study will create a full system model that ties together the city’s many standalone water models and incorporates recent and future infrastructure additions, including new water wells and plants, Norman McGuire, assistant city administrator and director of public works, said in the meeting. 

City Administrator Gary Scott said this will bring new capacity to the city’s strained northwest pressure plane, which is under a temporary development moratorium, and pave the way for development to resume in certain areas.

All parties involved in the controversial Marvin Nichols Reservoir proposal met in Austin Tuesday morning before the Texas Water Development Board. The chief engineering officer for the Tarrant Regional Water District presented three main arguments. 

Living along the Trinity River and Lake Livingston comes with the potential for flooding. People who rolled the dice are now paying the price as the Trinity River has crested its banks, flooding neighborhoods for the third time in the last year.

Footage shows the extent of the flooding, though Sheriff Woody Wallace noted that residents in the area are accustomed to such conditions, as flooding regularly occurs during periods of heavy rain. Now, the only access to the area is by boat or jet ski.

The five-year plan includes street and drainage improvements, new fire stations, a water plant overhaul and airport renovations. City council debated amendments that would give council members more power to challenge project delays and cancellations.

City council approved a $2,462,950 contract with Capps-Capco Construction for the Westside Wastewater Treatment Plant Fast-Tracked Sludge Lagoon Rehabilitation Project. This project is part of a larger initiative to support Tyler’s continued growth through 2052.

Pearland City Council on June 23 heard comments on a proposed public improvement district that, if eventually approved, would pave the way for wastewater infrastructure to be installed in an 80-acre area.

The Watershed Protection Department is developing a new strategic plan called Rain to River. The initiative is meant to address problems like water quality issues, bank erosion and local flooding over the coming years.

Houston City Council is altering its plan to allocate $315 million in federal funding for disaster recovery efforts from two recent extreme weather disasters after residents expressed disapproval of zero funding going toward housing.

While the exact amount of water usage for the resort hasn't been determined, Deputy City Manager Caleb Kraenzel noted that the city could likely handle it, having more than doubled its firm water contract with the Lower Colorado River Authority in 2024 from 3,000 acre-feet per year to 7,000. He also stated that the city's upcoming state-of-the-art wastewater treatment plant could help support the resort and utilize the city's recycled water to service it. The city's water capacity is also further bolstered by the wells of the Capstone Ranch groundwater system, which it acquired in 2023. 

Right now, Lake Corpus Christi is sitting a 21.6%. The Mathis City Manager says they're taking action sooner rather than later.

Pearland city planners recently discussed capital improvement projects totaling more than $738 million in proposed infrastructure investments for the fiscal years 2026-2030.

The North Texas Municipal Water District is investing over $1 billion to improve water infrastructure projects in 2026, according to a presentation given to Richardson City Council.

Katy Independent School District is launching a new Water Operations Licensing Program this fall to prepare high school students for careers in Texas' rapidly expanding water industry, where skilled workers are in critical demand.

The latest wastewater report from Beaumont Public Health Services has revealed a concerning surge in the presence of the COVID-19 virus in the city's wastewater. 

The project is to replace aging existing waterlines in Promenade Tower at Coit Road, Stillmeadow Drive between Lois Lane to Audelia Road and Dunbarton Drive between Edgewood Drive to College Park Boulevard. The need for the repairs is based upon frequent water main breaks that occur at these locations, per the documents. 

The project includes installing over 10,000 feet of wastewater line, and 25 manholes from Jesse Bohls Drive to the Verona and Weiss Lane lift stations. The work will decommission the Verona lift station, routing wastewater to the Wilbarger Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility, currently under construction. Once the treatment facility finishes construction, the Weiss Lane lift station will also be decommissioned.

Curtis Hancock, the city’s water and wastewater director, said rehabilitating Wastewater Treatment Plants No. 1 and No. 2 was “long overdue.” The two plants, built in 1975 and 1988, have accumulated “grit and debris,” resulting in a loss of treatment capacity, according to a city staff report. 

The BCRWWS plant expansion will bring the plant’s treatment capacity to 30 million gallons per day. The project is a regional collaboration between Round Rock, Austin, Cedar Park and Leander.

Those taking effect immediately range from enhancing the state’s water infrastructure to addressing education issues, including grades in K-12 and higher education.