Leander to vote on buying water treatment plant


Posted: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 11:43 PM - 8,268 Readers

By: KVUE News


City leaders in Leander are hoping to avoid future water problems.

Thursday night council members will vote to spend more than $30 million to purchase the Sandy Creek Regional Water Treatment Plant.

Sandy Creek is located on Lake Travis and is one of more than 20 utilities the LCRA is selling.

Leander city leaders says it's important in a drought like this that they control their own water supplies.

If Leander doesn't agree to purchase the 10-year-old plant, it's likely it would end up in private hands.




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