Wastewater
Wastewater treatment is provided in several areas of the District, and although all District customers do not have access to wastewater service, it is the goal of the Board of Directors to provide this service to as many homes and businesses as possible.
Steiner Ranch Wastewater Recycling Plant
The Steiner Ranch Wastewater Recycling Plant is designed to treat 525,000 gallons of wastewater
per day and will eventually be expanded to 1.5 million gallons per day. This plant has been operating
continuously since the late 1980s, and serves over 2,000 customers in the Steiner Ranch Defined Area.
In the future, this plant may serve some subdivisions in close proximity as well.
The Steiner Plant uses a standard activated sludge process to treat the wastewater, and a series of sand
filters to increase the effluent purity. The treated effluent is chlorinated, and pumped to large holding
ponds. The water is then used to irrigate the University of Texas Golf Course, the landscaped areas and
medians of Quinlan Park Road, and the common areas of some subdivisions in Steiner Ranch. Using the recycled
water saves 300,000 to 400,000 gallons of potable water per day in the summer months.
Flintrock Wastewater Recycling Plant
The Flintrock recycling plant, located on Lohman's Spur Road was completed in 2005 and is capable of treating
500,000 gallons of wastewater per day. This plant will serve approximately 2,000 customers on properties in the
Southern areas of the District including the Lake Travis High School and Middle School complex. The treated water
is recycled for use in irrigating the Flintrock Falls Golf Course.
The Flintrock plant uses a standard activated sludge or bacterial treatment in a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR). In
this system, wastewater is added to a single vessel, treated to remove undesirable components and then discharged
from the vessel. The effluent is then filtered and chlorinated to achieve a high degree of cleanliness before being
pumped to the irrigation ponds which have been constructed in and around the golf course. SBR Systems have been
successfully used to treat both municipal and industrial wastewater in many communities.
The Flintrock wastewater recycling facility will serve existing customers and new development in the area for years
to come, help to conserve water through recycling, and protect the environment through proper treatment of wastewater.
Comanche Canyon Ranch Wastewater Treatment Plant
This 100,000 gallon per day treatment plant was completed in late 2005. It is a standard activated sludge process plant which will process wastewater from approximately 350 homes in the Comanche Trail area, and pump treated effluent to the City of Austin's Bull Creek wastewater collection system.
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