BY HALEY MCLEOD
Bond sale to help expand water plant Pflugerville Council approved selling bonds Jan. 9 to the Texas Water Devel- opment Board to fund the expansion of the Wilbarger Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. In a nutshell Council’s approval marks the final issuance of a $164 million agreement with TWDB to fund the project, meant to help the city meet an increased demand for water and wastewater services. Dusty Traylor, financial adviser for the city, said the TWDB offered a 2.61% interest rate, compared to a 3.93% interest rate found on the traditional market. “This translates to about $28.3 million in interest savings over the life of these bonds,” Traylor said.
Commissioners against groundwater petition Williamson County Commissioners Court approved a resolution Jan. 9 outlining the plans to manage groundwater and declined support of a petition to annex parts of Williamson County into a neighboring county’s conservation district. The gist The Aquifer Conservation Alliance, an advocacy group formed by Williamson County residents, refiled a petition Sept. 6 with the Clearwater Underground Water Conservation District in Bell County. The petition, which was originally submitted in March 2023, outlines a request to annex the western half of Williamson County into the conservation district for it to manage the region’s use of the Trinity Aquifer. Williamson County commissioners chose not to support the petition, as Bell County officials would retain a majority of the district’s board members.
“Annexation into another groundwater district is premature, but if the results from the study turned out [that] there’s some action we need to take, that needs to be directed
by Williamson County, in my opinion, and not by another county.” CYNTHIA LONG, PRECINCT 2 COMMISSIONER
Looking ahead According to Williamson County documents, officials have allocated $77 million for water and wastewater infrastructure projects in fiscal year 2023-24, via American Rescue Plan Act funding, with another $1 million dedicated specifically to a groundwater study. The Court selected LRE Water, LLC Dec. 19 to conduct the groundwater study. LRE will also partner with regional experts to perform the study.
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