Houston City Council on Dec. 10 authorized a $17.9 million restoration contract for part of the East Water Purification Plant project, a plan to rehabilitate a 70-year-old water treatment plant that serves millions of Houstonians.

The need

The city of Houston is in the process of adding a new fourth plant to the EWPP site, which currently consists of three plants, according to city documents. Plants 1 and 2 date back to the 1950s, and Plant 3 was constructed in 1980, the documents show.

Located on Federal Road in east Houston, the water treatment plant serves approximately 1.9 million residents across the city, according to previous Community Impact reporting .

The existing facilities on average pump 239 million gallons of water per day, well below the rated capacity of 362 million

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