Round Rock will contribute $46 million to the expansion of a water treatment plant to increase capacity for potable water to serve residents.

This comes as city officials gave the go-ahead for a construction contract to nearly double its water treatment capacity from a shared facility as a member city in the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority.

The details

At a Nov. 6 meeting, council approved a $97.6 million contract with Webber Waterworks for the construction of Phase 2A of the water treatment plant, with the city of Round Rock's portion being about $46 million.

The current treatment capacity of the water treatment facility, located in Cedar Park, is 41.9 million gallons per day. Once expanded, the facility will have the capacity to treat up to 64.2 million gallons per day, ci

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