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City to extend wastewater service
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The city of Round Rock is a step closer to extending wastewater services in its extraterritorial jurisdiction, just across SH 130 near the city’s border with Hutto. What you need to know Round Rock officials approved a contract April 9 with BGE Inc. to provide engineering services for a future wastewater lift station and force main located near the intersection of CR 100 and CR 118, east of SH 130. The scope of work covered by this agreement includes confirm- ing flows as well as determining the exact location and layout for the lift station and force main. The approved contract amount is $289,298, and will be paid out of the city’s self-funded water construction budget.
The details Round Rock Public Works Director Michael Thane said the area’s geology only allows for gravity wastewater drains to flow southeasterly, necessitating a lift station and force main. Lift stations, Thane said, function by using a wet well to pump waste- water uphill back west and drain into the city’s wastewater system. What’s next? Thane said the project will take five years from start to finish, and that the city is coordinating with the city of Hutto to temporarily drain wastewater from the area into Hutto’s wastewater system until the Round Rock lift station is fully constructed. As the contract only includes engineering, a future item will be brought to council to fund the construction.
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Round Rock, Travis County ESD 2 approved to share fire resources
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In March, Round Rock officials entered into an agreement with Travis County Emergency Ser- vices District No. 2 to coordinate fire response across jurisdictions. The overview The agreement creates a two-way automatic aid system between the Round Rock Fire Department and ESD No. 2, which
operates the Pflugerville Fire Department. Fire units from either agency can be dispatched automatically to structure fires and other emergencies in designated areas— regardless of city boundaries. The initial response period is defined as 12 hours, after which extended assistance could involve reimbursement.
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