Government
BY JOEL VALLEY
City OKs $2.4M wastewater plant x
Looking ahead
The project began July 8 with an expected completion date of July 7, 2026, and will be nanced with approximately $2.3 million in funding through the American Rescue Plan Act grant fund and $112,699 through the city’s Wastewater Capital Improvement Plan fund, according to a sta report. Plants No. 1 and No. 2 will be o ine during construction, and ows will be redirected to Plant No. 3—which came online May 7, 2024.
Bastrop City Council approved a $2.4 million contract with Emerson Construction Company in June to rehabilitate wastewater treatment plants No. 1 and No. 2, part of ongoing e orts to upgrade aging infrastructure amid continued growth. Both facilities are severely impacted by grit and debris in the aeration basin— deposits that have led to a loss in treatment capacity, o cials said. Curtis Hancock, director of water and wastewater, called the rehabilitation “long overdue.” Though the bid has been awarded, city o cials are still negotiating with Emerson Construction over a late-completion penalty and city council voiced a desire for a higher-than-proposed rate of $100 a day. Hancock cautioned that a high rate could lead to Emerson Construction backing out.
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Wastewater Treatment Plants No. 1 and No. 2
Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 3
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“Something has to be done. I mean, we thought this plant was going to be shut down, and it’s not. So we have to make it right.” CURTIS HANCOCK, DIRECTOR OF WATER AND WASTEWATER
Capacity for the water plants will increase. COURTESY CITY OF BASTROP
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