North Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Begins
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 11:59AM 
McAllen Public Utility hosted a groundbreaking for the North Wastewater Treatment Plant, Thursday.
The new construction will expand capacity of the plant and improve energy efficiency by over 40%. The new capacity is anticipated to serve growth in northern McAllen for the next 25 years.
"All public utilities that provide wastewater treatment are required by Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to begin design of an expansion to an existing plant when that plant reaches 75% of its rated capacity. The north WWTP reached that capacity several years ago and we began designing the expansion in 2005," said McAllen Public Utilities General Manager Roel "Roy" Rodriguez.
The project is being funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in the form of a 0% loan administered by the Texas Water Development Board.
"The fact that we were planning this project years before a federal stimulus package was even contemplated makes us very happy and proud that we made the project work to receive zero percent funding," added Rodriguez. "The zero percent funding by itself will save our ratepayers over 30 million dollars through the life of the financing."
Current Capacity: 8 MGD (million gallons per day)
New Capacity: 15 MGD
Project Cost: $37.5 million
Engineer: Dannenbaum Engineering
Contractor: CSA Construction, Inc.
Estimated Completion Date: August, 2012 (30 months)
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