Update: Ongoing wastewater treatment plant issue in Round Rock

The utilities department has found several defects in the system from the interceptors. Thane said it may be challenging to make repairs in some areas, but the department said they're working to find out the contractors that built some of the systems.

Flow meters will be installed at specific locations to identify usual activity. The utilities department has asked the city of Cedar Park to treat an additional 200 gallons a day in its wastewater treatment plant to help relieve the flows coming into Round Rock’s plant. The city will also use the western treatment plant in downtown Round Rock to take off roughly 1.7 million gallons a day. By this summer, the city is expanding the eastern treatment plant, where much of the additional flow is received, for extra capacity, Thane said.

Warning signs have been placed along Bushy Creek to let residents know to stay out of the creek during this time.

Thane said the city is still working to be in compliance with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as it is still in violation due to the additional flows.

“We are continuing to press forward. I do appreciate our surrounding partners stepping up and asking to help any which way they can,” Thane said. “Our team is continuing to research, and we will not stop until we figure out this problem.”