City Of Fort Worth, Water District Resolve Legal Conflict To Unclog Plans For New Sewage Plant

Arlington TX

18 May, 2022

11:18 AM

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By Haley Samsel, Fort Worth Report May 17, 2022 Following months of negotiations, the city of Fort Worth and the Tarrant Regional Water District have come to an agreement that will end a legal battle over the city's proposed sewage treatment plant. The dispute, which centered around the location of the facility on Mary's Creek near Aledo, was scheduled to go before a state court in late August – more than two years after the water district formally complained that the new plant could harm water quality in the Trinity River basin. Now, following a mediation process overseen by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Fort Worth can move forward with building its first new wastewater treatment plant in nearly 70 years with the goal of keeping up with the west side's population growth. If the agreement is approved, Fort Worth should complete the design phase by fall 2024 and begin construction in spring 2025, city water director Chris Harder said during a May 17 council meeting. The facility, located near an existing water treatment plant on Chapin Road, should be complete by summer 2028, he said. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.