Overview
- A ceremonial start at 2391 Avenue L on Blue Heron Boulevard launched construction of the replacement for the 1950s-era facility.
- The project totals about $400 million, including a $280 million plant plus roughly $120 million for wells and operational components, with homeowner bills up about $15 a month to help fund it.
- Design plans call for five nanofiltration trains, five reverse osmosis trains, and ultrafiltration pretreatment, with initial capacity of 14 million gallons per day expandable to 16 million.
- The city projects substantial completion by February 2029 and final completion by mid-2030, with officials estimating about four years to full operation.
- An inspector general found at least 130 missed contamination notifications with possible E. coli exposure in 2023, regulators levied roughly $1.2 million in fines, utility leadership changed, and many residents still distrust the tap water.