A 20-year low interest loan totaling just over $14.5 million is how Buda plans to pay for its share of a planned pipeline that would help fulfill the city’s water needs.

The Buda City Council unanimously approved seeking funding assistance from the State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT) program to continue with phase 1B of the Alliance Regional Water Authority’s (ARWA) pipeline. ARWA, previously known as the Hays Caldwell Public Utility Agency (HCPUA), projects the pipelin...