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After a two-week shutdown, water flow to Lake Pflugerville has resumed.
The details
Pumps were turned off May 27 and turned back on June 10. While the city was not pumping water into Lake Pflugerville, they continued to treat and deliver water to customers, although lake levels dropped slightly.
The May 27 elevation of Lake Pflugerville was 635.12 feet, and on June 7 it was 634.12 feet, remaining above the target elevation of 633 feet, which was reached on April 24.
The two-week river pump shutdown allowed crews to conduct full repairs on the existing raw waterline, finalize construction of the secondary raw waterline, and conduct essential pump maintenance.
At a presentation to council on June 9, Public Utility and Engineering Matt Rector provided updates on the waterline. Rector said technical setbacks could necessitate a further brief system shutdown.
“After we did the shutdown, part of the process was to go and test all this header pipe so that we could turn everything back on and know it was functional, and we told you last time that if we passed all tests there would not be any more shutdowns,” Rector said. “I regret to inform you that I was informed that we did not pass all the tests, so we’re going to proceed with starting the pumps back up, but that means there is the potential for another shutdown coming.”
Rector said if there is another shutdown, they may be able to work it into one of their regular down periods, and they are hoping they can time things so it will not impact the system at all.
