A federal grant will equip two Sugar Land facilities with generators to provide power during natural disasters, city officials said.

In a nutshell

At an Oct. 15 meeting, Sugar Land City Council approved accepting a $830,000 grant from the Texas Division of Emergency Management to purchase two mobile generators for the First Colony and Riverpark water treatment plants. The federal award is $747,000 with a local match of $83,000, according to agenda documents.

The grant, which city staff applied for in September 2021, comes after Texas experienced Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, according to agenda documents.

Why it matters


The generators will be able to provide water and wastewater services during electricity outages and reduce the city’s need to rely on third-party companies to rent generators during a disaster, Sugar Land Communications Director Doug Adolph said in an email.

“Owning these mobile generators will help mitigate the risk posed by unplanned power outages by improving response time, allowing flexibility to deploy where needed, and increasing the city’s ability to protect the health and safety of our community through operational continuity when needed,” he said.

Looking ahead

The generators will be bid and ordered in fiscal year 2024-25 and are expected to be functional in 2027, Adolph said.