Texas provides $13M to water, wastewater, stormwater infrastructure

The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved financial assistance totaling $13.7 million for three water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure projects across the state.

The assistance comes from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Flood Infrastructure Fund (FIF). The TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional water and flood planning, and preparing the state water and flood plans. The TWDB administers cost-effective financial assistance programs for the construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, and agricultural water conservation projects.

The three projects are as follows:

• The City of Alice, Jim Wells County - $7,000,000
  Support consisting of $4,954,000 in financing and $2,046,000 in principal forgiveness from the DWSRF will help the city to finance the planning, acquisition, design, and construction of a water supply project. The city plans to construct two brackish groundwater wells as part of a project that includes a reverse osmosis treatment plant to be funded through a public-private partnership to create a new potable water source.
  


• The City of China, Jefferson County - $6,000,000
  Funding totaling $6,000,000 from the CWSRF will help the city finance the planning, design, and construction of a wastewater treatment plant project. The city plans to construct a new 0.3-million-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant at the site of its existing plant, implementing various construction improvements and installing a new emergency power backup generator.
  


• The City of Kingsville, Kleberg County - $700,000
  Support consisting of $399,000 in financing and $301,000 in grant funding from the FIF will help the city finance the planning, design, and construction of a stormwater drainage project. The city plans to modify the detention pond outfall, improve stormwater sewer and ditches, and replace pavement for better surface water drainage. These improvements will meet the needs for a 10-year storm event and relieve the existing drainage issues during a heavy storm event.