The North Texas Municipal Water District is getting ready to grow its newest treatment plant again, and the first step is electricity.
Directors meeting Thursday, Oct. 22, will be asked to approve an agreement paying Fannin County Electric Cooperative up to $8,413,332 to expand the substation at the Leonard Water Treatment Plant and build a new 25-kilovolt overhead power loop around the south half of the site, according to a staff memo posted with the agenda.
Why the plant needs it
The Leonard plant, which treats water from Bois d'Arc Lake, is rated at 86 million gallons a day, and its Phase II expansion will raise that to 152 million, the memo says. Projected demand growth in the district's service area means the plant has to be able to treat 210 million gallons a day no later than fall or winter 2030.
That is the goal of Phase III, which is in preliminary design. The site is planned for an eventual 280 million gallons a day.
The plant is divided by a road. The first two phases sit on the north side, which the co-op already serves. Phase III, a later Phase IV and a new high-service pump station are planned for the south side, which has no permanent power yet.
What the money buys
The memo breaks the cost into three pieces:
