BY COLBY FARR & SHELBIE HAMILTON
A closer look
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Lake O’ the Pines, a nearly 17,000- acre lake about 120 miles east of McKinney, was recently recommended by the planning group as a new supply source for NTMWD. Moving water from the lake to NTMWD’s service area has been listed as a potential strategy in the state water plan since 2007. “We believe that this is a prime example of a water project that would make better use of the state’s existing water resources,” Johnson said. The lake could supply between 50- 100 MGD per day to NTMWD’s service, according to a Feb. 27 board of directors presentation. Negotiations are underway for NTMWD to purchase or lease water from the Northeast Texas Municipal Water District, Jenna Covington, NTMWD executive director and general manager, said during the meeting. “Once a draft agreement is reached, the public will have the opportunity to review the details of the agreement and participate in open discussion,” she said.” Infrastructure would also have to be built for transporting the water to NTMWD. O cials are proposing 104 miles of 78-inch pipeline running from the lake to NTMWD’s Tawakoni Water Treatment Plant. “The safe, reliable delivery of water to the citizens of McKinney is one of the most important things that we do,” Gillingham said. “It’s a critical part of everyday life.”
in total across its service area and can treat up to 946 MGD. “To ensure we have enough treatment capac- ity to meet demands in our service area, we’re continually planning for the future and working to meet that demand in a cost-e ective manner for our member cities and customers who buy water from us,” Johnson said. Besides infrastructure maintenance and expan- sion, o cials are also eyeing new water sources. “While water conservation and reuse will make up about 45% of our future supplies, we’ll still need to bring in new water supplies to meet demand in our growing region,” Johnson said. Plans for meeting water demand are partly determined by the Region C Planning Group.
The water treatment facility is located on more than 500 acres in Wylie and contains four di erent plants that treat water from Lake Texoma and Lavon Lake. Construction on the rst plant nished in 1965 and the other three plants were constructed between 1972 and 2020. Design is underway on a $142 million project to expand Wylie Water Treatment Plant IV’s treat- ment capacity from 210 million gallons per day, or MGD, to 280 MGD. Expansion is anticipated to nish in 2028 and will bring Wylie Water Treat- ment Plant’s total treatment capacity to 910 MGD. In order to expand capacity, new infrastructure is built to treat water, including treatment basins, pumps and pipelines, Johnson said. NTMWD operates seven water treatment plants
Existing water pipeline Service area NTMWD’s upcoming capital projects
From lakes to faucets
Water is withdrawn from the lake and pumped into NTMWD’s water treatment plants
1 Bonham Water Treatment Plant 2 Leonard Water Treatment Plant
3 Tawakoni Water Treatment plant 4 Wylie Water Treatment Plant
Raw water undergoes multi-step treatment process
Fannin
Grayson
NTMWD o cials perform regular testing throughout the process
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Hopkins
Hunt
Denton
2
Collin
Treated disinfected water is distributed to cities through large pipelines
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Rockwall
Rains
Dallas
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Van Zandt
Kaufman
Cities distribute drinking water to direct consumers
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SOURCE: NORTH TEXAS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT COMMUNITY IMPACT
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