TWDB Approves Over $75M For North Texas Counties

AUSTIN – (July 23, 2020) – The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Friday approved financial assistance totaling $453,820,000 for water and wastewater system projects. 

• $550,000 to the City of Roby (Fisher County) for a water system improvement project
• $75,470,000 to the North Texas Municipal Water District (Collin, Dallas, Denton, Fannin, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties) for a wastewater treatment expansion project
• $38,000,000 to the City of Houston (Harris County) for the Second Source Transmission Line project 
• $47,100,000 to the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority (Guadalupe, Comal, Hays, and Caldwell counties) for a regional water supply project
• $65,000,000 to the Alliance Regional Water Authority (Hays, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Comal, and Bexar counties) for a regional water supply project
• $222,475,000 to the City of Corpus Christi (Nueces County) for a seawater desalination plant
• $5,225,000 to the City of Los Fresnos (Cameron County) for water and wastewater system improvement projects

The TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional planning, and preparing the state water plan to develop the state’s water resources. The TWDB administers cost-effective financial assistance programs to construct water supply, wastewater treatment, flood control, and agricultural water conservation projects.