Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion

Current Construction:

The City of Kyle owns and operates the Kyle Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) which was purchased from Aqua Texas in 2015. The facility is located at 941 New Bridge Drive. The existing plants have a combined rated capacity of 3.0 million gallons per day (MGD) and discharges its treated effluent to Plum Creek. The two existing WWTPs were put into operation in 2000 and 2006.  The WWTP saw an average daily flow above 75 percent of its current rated capacity for over three consecutive months. In response, the City initiated engineering and financial planning for expansion of the plant per Texas Administrative Code (TAC), 30 TAC§305.126(a).  The Kyle WWTP expansion project is currently increasing the plant's capacity from a permitted average daily flow (ADF) of 3.0 MGD to an ADF of 4.5 MGD.  The WWTP expansion project includes headworks (screening and influent pumping), secondary treatment, tertiary treatment, solids management (digestion) and a dewatering facility to meet the 4.5 MGD discharge permit and residuals disposal requirements. 

The City of Kyle request all residents to maintain a very safe distance from the construction activities.

Please see below for major construction components:

• Headworks and Influent Lift Station
• Secondary Treatment Facilities – Aeration Splitter Box, Aeration Basins, Secondary Clarifiers
• Tertiary Treatment Facilities – Aerobic Digesters, UV Disinfection
• New Operations Building
• Modification to existing Lift Station and existing treatment Plant #1 and Plant #2
• Berm Installation – Earthen and Concrete
• New dewatering facility

Timeline - start and estimated completion date – March 26, 2020; originally  April 6, 2022, the new expansion was operational in June 2022 and due to supply chain issues completion of the dewatering facility is May 2023.

Contractor – Archer Western Construction, LLC

Total Budget - $28, 893,400.00 increased to $34,148,594.93 with the addition of the dewatering facility.

Wastewater Treatment Plant Ribbon Cutting & Block Party

The City of Kyle invites community members to join us for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Ribbon Cutting Block Party on Thursday, July 13 from 5 - 7 p.m. at 941 New Bridge Dr. 

Alongside the ribbon cutting will be a block party with food truck vendor Kona Ice handing out free snow cones and a bouncy house for kids. 

There will also be video tours of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, explaining the functions and improvements the plant provides to City of Kyle residents. Information posters will be on display to show the various buildings on the Wastewater Treatment Plant grounds and an expansion board showcasing what else is to come. Microscopes with bacteria samples will be setup and city staff will be on hand to explain what is being seen and what they are looking for in our wastewater. 

Street parking will be available along plant roads. 

March 30, 2023 TCEQ Public Meeting Presentation

Project Update to City Council 12/6/2021

Discharge Permit Amendment:

The City of Kyle is in the process of pursuing an amendment to the discharge permit for the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant to increase the allowable wastewater flows that can be treated and discharged from 4.5 MGD ADF to 9.0 MGD ADF, with a Final Limit of 12.0 MGD ADF, corresponding to the City’s growth projections.