April 2018 Vol. 73 No. 4
Newsline
TWD Board Approves $562.544 Million for Water, Wastewater System Projects
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved financial assistance totaling $562,543,639 for water and wastewater system projects. Of this funding, $13.7 million was approved for rural water projects.
$499.86 million from the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) to the North Texas Municipal Water District (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and Rockwall counties) for construction of the Lower Bois d’Arc Creek Reservoir. This is the second portion of TWBD’s total $1.1 billion commitment to the Reservoir, which will serve about 1.7 million residents in several cities and rural communities in the region. The District will also construct a new 70-million-gallon-per-day water treatment plant.
$18 million to Del Rio (Val Verde County), including $6 million from the Drinkiong Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) for the city’s construction of a water line replacement project to help reduce water loss within the system, and $12 million from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund(CWSRF) for improvements at two wastewater treatment plants.
$12.5 million from CWSRF to Amarillo (Potter County) for construction costs associated with installing a new lift station and other wastewater system improvements.
$9.9 million ($9.4-million loan and $500,000 in loan forgiveness) from DWSRF to Devine (Medina County) for planning, design and construction costs to replace water lines and make other system improvements.
$8.21 million from CWSRF to the Acton Municipal Utility District (Hood County) for construction costs associated with improvements at a wastewater treatment plant.
$5,456,300 ($4.65-million loan and $806,300 in loan forgiveness) from the CWSRF to Arlington (Tarrant County) for construction costs associated with a wastewater system improvement project. The city will replace approximately 4,000 linear feet of pipeline at the Lake Arlington Golf Course, and 2,500 linear feet of pipeline at five creek locations throughout the city.
$3,563,239 ($885,000 loan and $2,678,239 in loan forgiveness) from DWSRF to Lawn (Taylor County) for a regional water supply project and water system improvements. The city will construct a shared pump station and 39 miles of pipeline to help secure a long-term and reliable treated water source, and install new water lines and radio read meter systems to address water loss within the service area.
3,258,300 ($2,785,000 loan and $473,300 in loan forgiveness) from CWSRF to Euless (Tarrant Count) for the third phase of the city’s reclaimed water project. This includes extending a reclaimed waterline and providing reclaimed irrigation services to approximately 16 commercial and multi-family residential customers, and installing about 27,000 linear feet of reclaimed water pipe in the distribution system.
$1,595,800 ($1.36-million loan and $235,800 in loan forgiveness) from CWSRF to Hurst (Tarrant County) for construction related to replacing approximately 2,700 linear feet of pipeline between State Highway 10 and Redbud Drive.
$200,000 in loan forgiveness from the DWSRF to the Morton Valley Water Supply Corporation (Eastland County) for replacing approximately 12,000 feet of pipeline to address leaks and water loss.
TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional planning, and preparing the state’s water resources development plan. It also administers cost-effective financial assistance programs for the construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, and agricultural water conservation projects.
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