BY DANIEL SCHWALM, BROOKE SJOBERG & GRACIE WARHURST
Flood alert system gets $1M boost A grant from the Texas Water Develop- ment Board could allow Williamson County ocials to purchase and install $1 million in ood-warning equipment in areas vulnera- ble to ash oods. What happened Commissioners approved the grant agreement Feb. 10. The funding is expected to provide outdoor warning sirens, ood gauges and sensors as well as communication software testing training, Emergency Management Director Bruce Clements said. “It’s really looking at a holistic system,” Clements said. TWDB is administering the funds pursu- ant to SB 3 and SB 5 which awarded ood prevention grants to 30 counties.
“If there’s one thing this council always agrees on, it’s that we need to be smarter about how we use water in our city, and this is a Cedar Park wins grant for reclaimed water system The Lower Colorado River Authority, or LCRA, awarded a $100,000 grant to the city of Cedar Park to help fund improvements to the city’s reclaimed water system. LCRA water conservation coordina- tor Stacy Pandey presented a check to City Council at its Feb. 12 meeting. The project
prime example of listening to feedback we get from our citizens and drawing on [sta] expertise,” JIM PENNIMANMORIN, CEDAR PARK MAYOR
Eric Rauschuber, the city’s director of public works and utilities, said a project to expand the production capacity of the reclaimed water sys- tem and use it to irrigate local parks is currently in the design process. This is the rst phase of an eort to rehabilitate and expand the city’s water reclamation facility, city documents show. Last year, city ocials approved contracts working toward the facility’s expansion, according to previous Community Impact reporting. The grant comes from the LCRA Firm Water Conservation Cost-Share Program, which aims to reduce reliance on the Highland Lakes water supply
by helping fund projects that conserve and reuse water, according to the organization’s website. Today, the city’s water reclamation facility treats about 2.5 million gallons of wastewater per day, according to Rauschuber. He explained that the water is used for public works activities like sewer pipe cleaning and street sweeping, as well as for irrigation of Brushy Creek Sports Park.
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