Fulshear to update water, wastewater master plan

According to agenda documents, the 12 water projects are expected to cost nearly $106.29 million with a five-year focus on:

• Expanding capacity at the Pecan Ridge water plant
• Adding the McKinnon water plant
• Adding new water lines to improve flows and water system pressures

Meanwhile, the 14 wastewater projects total $106.31 million with a five-year focus on:

• Expanding the Houston, Texana and Lake Hill Regional lift stations
• Adding parallel gravity mains and force mains at the Texana lift station
• Rerouting and expanding the Katy-Fulshear lift station

Looking back

In December 2023, City Council approved an agreement with Freese & Nichols Inc. to update the master plan, City Engineer Cliff Brouhard said. The plan was last updated in 2021 and was initially created in 2016.

What’s next?

City Council is set to vote on the update at its January meeting, Brouhard said.