Kyle awards bid on wastewater plant expansion

The Kyle City Council took a number of actions relative to the pending expansion of its wastewater treatment plant during its regular meeting on Feb. 4.

First, council members voted to award the more than $30 million bid to Archer Western Construction LLC of Irving, which was the “lowest and most responsible” bid received on the project. The figure includes a five percent contingency.

The city purchased the plant on New Bridge Drive from Aqua Texas in 2015 and realized it needed to be expanded after its 3.0 million gallons a day capacity was exceeded for three consecutive months in 2017. The expansion is intended to expand the plant’s capacity to 4.5 million gallons a day, with treated affluent discharged into Plum Creek.