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Approve a resolution authorizing the City Manager to file an application with the Texas Water Development Board for a zero-interest loan in the amount not to exceed $65,000,000 from the State's Flood Infrastructure Fund for Austin Water's Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Flood Wall project. Funding: Funding is contingent upon available funding in future Austin Water budgets.
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Austin Water.
Fiscal Note
Funding is contingent upon available funding in future Austin Water budgets.
For More Information:
Heather Cooke, Austin Water Chief Administrative Officer, at 512-972-0083 or Heather.Cooke@austintexas.gov.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
April 16, 2025 - Recommended by the Water and Wastewater Commission on a 7-0 vote with Commissioners Marzullo, Musgrove, and Penn absent.
Additional Backup Information:
This action will authorize Austin Water to apply for a zero-interest loan from the Texas Water Development Board's (TWDB) Flood Infrastructure Fund in an amount not to exceed $65,000,000 for Austin Water's Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Flood Wall project.
The proposed flood wall would be to prevent encroachment of flood waters at Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The flood wall would consist of approximately 5,650 linear feet of sheet pile and 1,600 linear feet of concrete wall, totaling 7,250 linear feet, ranging in height from three feet to twelve feet. The flood wall also includes up to seven flood gates to allow pedestrian and vehicular ingress and egress into the plant site. The flood wall will encompass the Walnut Creek WWTP, approximately 63 acres, including the existing 75 million gallon per day (MGD) plant, existing administration and maintenance buildings, existing reclaimed facilities, the proposed 25 MGD plant, and the proposed wet weather facility.
The Walnut Creek WWTP is one of the two major wastewater treatment plants in the City of Austin. The plant is i...
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