This comes as city officials gave the go-ahead for a construction contract to nearly double its water treatment capacity from a shared facility as a member city in the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority.
The details
At a Nov. 6 meeting, council approved a $97.6 million contract with Webber Waterworks for the construction of Phase 2A of the water treatment plant, with the city of Round Rock's portion being about $46 million.
The current treatment capacity of the water treatment facility, located in Cedar Park, is 41.9 million gallons per day. Once expanded, the facility will have the capacity to treat up to 64.2 million gallons per day, city documents show.
The additional capacity will be split between member cities Cedar Park, Leander and Round Rock.
Round Rock has an allocation of 11.2 million gallons per day of current capacity. The expansion will increase that to 21.8 MGD, Round Rock Public Works Director Michael Thane said.
Did you know?
Round Rock is engaged in a partnership with Cedar Park and Leander to provide water to these jurisdictions and their clients through the BCRUA. Thane said the city of Round Rock itself has 12 wholesale water customers, mostly municipal utility districts. The city is engaged in a separate partnership with the cities of Austin, Cedar Park and Leander to treat wastewater, the Brushy Creek Regional Wastewater System.
What's next?
Thane said the expansion to the treatment plant is expected to be completed in 2028.
