Phase 1B Pipeline – Alliance Regional Water Authority

Caldwell County Texas

Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Inc. (LAN) was selected by the Alliance Regional Water Authority (Alliance Water), as a pipeline engineering consultant for a major water project serving several Texas communities in the I-35 corridor.

Since 2007, Alliance Water, formerly the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency, has worked in partnership with several cities (Buda, Kyle and San Marcos) and the Canyon Regional Water Authority, which supplies water to portions of Central and South Texas, on a long-term water project to meet future growth in the areas.

This project, the Phase 1B Program, will pump water from the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in Caldwell County, and includes design and construction of a new treatment plant, well field, raw waterlines, 95 miles of 24- to 48-inch-diameter treated water pipelines, an operations and maintenance facility, and connection points to all the stakeholders.

At a glance

Design and construction of a new treatment plant

95 miles of 24- to 48-inch-diameter treated water pipelines

Delivery of approximately 35,000 ac-ft of water from Gonzales County to Buda, Kyle, CRWA, and San Marcos

Features

$213.4 million program funded by TWDB through SWIFT

LAN is one of five pipeline consultants, and one of more than 10 consultants to the program

Aggressive schedule to complete program and deliver water to stakeholders by the end of 2023

Segment A pipeline easement will account for current pipeline to be constructed, as well as up to two separate pipelines of similar diameter to be constructed in the future

Services

Design

Pipelines & Rehab

Right-of-Way

Bid & Construction Phase Services

Client

Alliance Regional Water Authority

Related Work

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Transportation Services

Right-of-Way

trenchless method identification, tunnel shaft design

Water Supply & Transmission