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Approving a Memorandum of Intent Related to the Provision of Treated Wastewater Effluent From the Brazos River Basin to the City of Pflugerville, Texas between the City of Pflugerville, the City of Round Rock, the Brazos River Authority, and the Lower Colorado River Authority and authorizing the City Manager to execute same.
Summary
The purpose of this Memorandum of Intent (MOI) is to memorialize the commitment of the Lower Colorado River Authority, Brazos River Authority, and Cities of Round Rock and Pflugerville to study the mutual benefits to the Parties available from the development of a means to transport Treated Water from the Brushy Creek East Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (BCE) to the Colorado River Basin. Specifically, the focus will be to import water to the Colorado River Basin through sales of Treated BCE Water to Pflugerville after the Williamson County users have put the water to beneficial use and the same has been treated at the BCE, which is jointly owned by the Cities of Round Rock, Leander, Cedar Park and Austin, and operated by the City of Round Rock. This MOI is a non-binding agreement between the Parties. Until such time as the Parties negotiate, and execute, a separate binding agreement approved, as necessary, by the respective governing body of each Party, there is no binding contractual obligation by any Party.
In conjunction with the City’s planned Water Treatment Plant Expansion project that is currently under design, the City has also evaluated water supply alternatives to support the future of Pflugerville. The City retained Garver to provide Owner’s Representative services as the Owner’s agent and liaison between the Design Consultants, Construction Contractors, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), and other stakeholders for the Pflugerville Water Treatment Plant Facility Expansion Project and water supply evaluation. The City is growing rapidly and needs to ensure...
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