Round Rock to rebid water treatment plant improvement project
Round Rock City Council rejected a bid for its water treatment plant improvement project at its May 22 meeting. The city received one proposal, submitted by Prota, which came out to about $1 million more than the estimated cost for the project.
"Because the bid came in so much over the engineering estimate and we only had one bidder, we would like the reject that bid," Director of Public Works Michael Thane said at the meeting.
Some context
Round Rock owns and operates a surface water treatment plant with the capacity to treat about 52 million gallons of water per day through three phases. The three phases were built from 1996 to 2003 and require regular maintenance and replacement.
"That's 20 years ago—there's a lot of miscellaneous parts that we need to upgrade and replace," Thane said.
Dam under construction to reduce flood risk in Round Rock
Construction on Dam 101, an almost 1-mile long and four-story flood mitigation project near Round Rock, will wrap up by the end of the year.
The dam sits outside city limits—north of SH 45 and south of RM 620—and will bring flood relief to homes near Lake Creek.
Diving deeper
The dam will serve an area historically prone to flooding. Nearby neighborhood Greater Round Rock West flooded from Lake Creek in 2010 and 2015.
Dam 101 will reduce flood risk and contain runoff from heavy rain for more than five miles of Lake Creek.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Round Rock to open Level III NICU June 3
Williamson County's first and only Level III neonatal intensive care unit opened in Round Rock on June 3.
The overview
Part of an expansion to the Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Round Rock, the new NICU offers a specialty level of care for babies with mild to critical illness, or who require life support.
The new unit allows families in the county to receive specialized care for their children while being close to home, the hospital system shared in a release. This comes as Central Texas is experiencing a high level of population growth and new families come to the area.
