More than four years ago, Cameron, Texas began work to improve infrastructure including its water and wastewater facilities. As part of the Texas Water Development Board’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, a low-interest loan program, the city was able to overhaul its infrastructure.
The City Council voted use the funding to replace water lines and increase the wastewater plant’s size. The goal was to replace 70 percent of its 60- to 70-year-old water line distribution system, depending on contingencies. Valves were replaced through Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), and bids will be accepted for new water line projects. Currently, part of the improvement process is refurbishing the water plant purifiers originally built in 1958.
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