Georgetown officials celebrated the opening of the South Lake Water Treatment Plant at an Aug. 4 ribbon-cutting.
The new facility is capable of treating 44 million gallons of water per day, taking raw water from Lake Georgetown through several filtration and sanitization steps to turn it into drinking water.
About the project
In addition to the water treatment facility itself, the project also includes a 30-inch raw water line and intake structure on Lake Georgetown, as well as a 7.5-mile 42-inch waterline connecting the facility to areas west of Georgetown.
The new treatment plant will meet future water demands for the city as it grows, and is a part of the Water Master Plan, according to city documents. The completion of the project doubles the city's treatment capacity.
The $272.5 million project broke ground in May 2022 and is funded by revenue bonds and impact fees, documents state.
What they’re saying
“When I'm out there talking to folks, the first question I get at any speech I give, any gathering I'm at, is, ‘Let's talk about water,’” Mayor Josh Schroeder said at the event. “And so now we can say that we did something about water. We doubled our city's capacity, and that's this project.”
