We have excellent long-term news for the water supply in Northeast Texas Water Resources District. This district includes Annona, Atlanta, Avery, DeKalb, Hooks, Leary, Maud, Nash, New Boston, Redwater, Texarkana, Wake Village, TexAmericas Center, Central Bowie County Water Supply Corporation, Oak Grove Water Supply Corporation as well as Bowie, Cass and Red River Counties.
New Boston, Texas — April 28, 2021— As the next step toward meeting the long-term water supply needs of increasing municipal demands and economic growth in Northeast Texas, Riverbend Water Resources District (RWRD) announced Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. as their regional water system program management team. Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. is a fully integrated program management and civil engineering firm that is based in Texas and has provided professional consulting services for water resources, transportation, environmental, surveying, GIS, and land development projects since 1965. Pape-Dawson, as the program manager for the project, will manage the development of the proposed regional water system improvements that will supply water to RWRD member entities.
Funded by up to $200 million in multi-year financing from the Texas Water Development Board through the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, the new water system will increase treatment capacity in a maintainable and expandable manner to better serve RWRD members. Current members include: Annona, Atlanta, Avery, DeKalb, Hooks, Leary, Maud, Nash, New Boston, Redwater, Texarkana, Wake Village, TexAmericas Center, Central Bowie County Water Supply Corporation, Oak Grove Water Supply Corporation as well as Bowie, Cass and Red River Counties.
The new proposed regional water system would replace the current water treatment facility located on New Boston Road in Texarkana. The new water treatment facility will provide increased treatment capacity over the current treatment plant and is proposed to be constructed on the TexAmericas property near other RWRD existing facilities. It would also be expandable in the future to meet long term growth and usage projections for the region. The system would include a new raw water intake structure to be constructed at Lake Wright Patman. There would also be a new raw water transmission line from the proposed intake structure to the proposed water treatment facility.
Sonja Yates Hubbard, RWRD’s Chairman of the Board, shared, “RWRD and Pape-Dawson will work hand-in-hand to increase program efficiency and to engage our member entities and stakeholders to deliver a successful water system to the region.”For more information on RWRD’s mission to protect, conserve, and manage Northeast Texas water resources, visit https://rwrd.org.