San Angelo approves next phase of Hickory Aquifer pipeline
All Texas communities especially west Texas are jockying for water rights and supply contracts. Abilene still has future plans to build a reservoir northeast of the city.
Erik Johnson
(Infrastructure & Transportation : San Angelo) 10/6/2009
The next phase in acquiring another water supply for San Angelo is underway.
The City Council today approved preliminary design of a system to pump, transport and treat groundwater from the Hickory Aquifer, instructing the water utility department and Carollo Engineers to go ahead with the start of Phase I, which includes checking the existing wells and proceeding with design and engineering work on the project, which ultimately will add 10 million gallons a day to San Angelo's drinking water capacity.
The first phase is estimated to cost $120 million, said Hutch Mussalam of Carollo Engineers, the firm working with the city on the project.
Mussalam told councilors that after making a multi-point evaluation of two potential routes - a direct line from the aquifer to the city, and an indirect route that would carry the water to the city's existing line and pump system from O.H. Ivie Reservoir - the direct route had significantly more benefits and lower costs.
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