1. WCID #1
Water & Sewer Service
Operations and Capital Briefing
2. Outline
• BCWCID #1 – Background
• Water Supply
• Contracts
• Stillhouse Water Plant- Update
• Re Use Operation – Update
• South WWTP – Update
3. Fort Hood
Killeen, Texas
Type Army post
Coordinates
31°08′N 97°47′W / 31.13°N 97.78°W / 31.13; -
97.78Coordinates: 31°08′N 97°47′W / 31.13°N
97.78°W / 31.13; -97.78
Built 1942
BACKGROUND
THE BEGINNING-FORT HOOD
The War Department announced the selection of Camp Hood in
January 1942. Most utilities were in place by August 1942.
Camp received water from a transmission line on the Lampasas River
near the Dam on Lake Stillhouse.
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4. LAKE BELTON CONSTRUCTION
•Construction of the lake started in 1949 and was completed in
1954
•Cost to build-$17 million
• Conservation pool level=594 feet above sea level
•Between 1949 and 1954, the Army constructed a 12 MGD
treatment plant on Lake Belton because the water from the
Lampasas River was not adequate to serve the Base and Killeen
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5. CREATION OF DISTRICT
•City of Killeen needed water and Ft. Hood wanted to assist City
•Department of Army ruling prohibited Ft. Hood from being in
the wholesale water business and selling water to any City
• Bell County WCID #1 was created in March 1952 to be the
vehicle to sell water to Killeen and other area cities by leasing
the plant from the Army.
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6. DISTRICT WATER CONTRACT TO OPERATE WATER PLANT
September 26, 1955 -“THE WATER TREATMENT CONTRACT”
•District begins operating the Water Treatment Plant under the terms of a
“NEGOTIATED WATER SERVICE CONTRACT”, with the Army. Contract No.
DA-41-093 AIV-1146
• District transported water from Lake Belton for use by the US Army under
the adjudicated water rights issued by the Texas Water Commission.
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7. WATER PLANT LEASE
February 24, 1956 - “THE LEASE”
• District secured a long term lease “DA-41-443-ENG-4801”, to lease
the existing plant and all of the infrastructure to include all land,
machinery, and appurtenances to be used for the water treatment
plant and all transmission facilities for the supply of water to the
District’s customers.
• This agreement has been extended until 2050 by Supplemental
Agreement No. 3, drafted November 12, 2004.
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8. WATER SUPPLY
DISTRICT’S WATER CONTRACTS
April 27,1956 - “KILLEEN AND COPPERAS COVE CONTRACT”
• Entities entered into a contract with the District to treat and
transport water and entities recognized District’s contracts and lease
with the Federal Government.
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9. THE DISTRICT’S CONTRACT WITH BRA
July 28, 1964
“CONTRACT WITH THE BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY”
• Authority agrees to sell water to District of such quantities as District can
beneficially utilize for a period of 35 years beginning January 1, 1966
• District pays $.02/1000 gallons for water withdrawn from Lake Belton.
• Under terms of “Negotiated Water Service Contract with the Army” – the Army
has a water permit from the Texas Water Commission to divert and use water
from Lake Belton and the District shall not be required to make payment to the
BRA for water diverted for and used by Fort Hood. ( This is called An Adjudicated
Water Right).
• The District shall pay for water diverted by the District for all other use.
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10. In the early to mid 1980’s water
had become a much needed
commodity and entities such as the
BRA saw it as way to increase
revenues to build reservoirs and
infrastructure to meet water
demands of the area they served.
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11. Until this time, most water
providers could use as much
water as beneficially needed and
pay around $.02 / 1000 gallons
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12. In late 1984 and early 1985 negotiations for
water began and it was determined that the
county (BELL) would hold all of the water
rights. Bell County under Judge Garth
authorized Clay Roming, an engineer from
Temple, to determine the water needs for Bell
County.
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20. HOW THE DISTRICT OBTAINED ITS WATER RIGHTS
•In 1985 the BRA and the County entered into a contract agreement for
43,000 ac/ft. of water
•In February 1987 the County assigned 27,609 ac/ft. to the District
•In 1992 the County assigned the District an additional 1,900 ac/ft. titled
“Final Assignment of Bell County Water” making the total assigned
amount of 29,509 ac/ft. to the District.
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25. As a result of the 1992 Water Supply Agreement Each entity received
certain amounts of water beginning January 1, 2001. This contract
expires December 31, 2042.
Killeen 29,964 Ac/Ft
Copperas Cove 7,824 Ac/Ft
Belton 4,966 Ac/Ft
Harker Heights 5,265 Ac/Ft
WCID #3 740 Ac/Ft
439 WSC 750 Ac/Ft
49,509 Ac/Ft
* Prior to 1992 Agreements the District operated under the 1964
Contract, where the District could use as much water as was
beneficially needed at the rate of $.02 / 1000 gallons.
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26. WATER RIGHTS SUMMARY
Entity
Two Tier Water
(Option/Election Use) System Water
Other Water
Rights
Total Water
Rights
Killeen 29,964 10,000 - 39,964
Copperas Cove 7,824 1,000 - 8,824
Belton 4,966 1,000 2,500 8,466
Harker Heights 5,265 - 3,235 8,500
WCID #3
740 250 - 990
439
750 - 1,409 2,159
District - 750 - 750
Totals 49,509 13,000 7,144 69,653
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27. QUICK RECAP
1. District’s Two Tier Contract with the BRA for 49,509 Ac/Ft
expires December 31,2042
2. District’s System Water Availability Agreement for 13,000 Ac/
Ft expires August 31,2031
3. District’s Lease Agreement with Fort Hood expires December
31,2050
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39. STILLHOUSE WATER TREATMENT
PLANT
• Will serve Killeen’s growth in the
South
• Will provide City with 10 MGD
• Projected completion is end of 2018
• Funded by $50,145,000 bonds issued
in 2014
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40. STILLHOUSE WATER TREATMENT PLANT COST INFORMATION
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Total Plant
Capacity
City of Killeen
Capacity Capital
(MGD) Costs
City of Harker Heights
Capacity Capital
(MGD) Costs
City of Copperas Cove
Capacity Capital
(MGD) Costs
439 WSC
Capacity Capital
(MGD) Costs
WCID No. 3
Capacity Capital
(MGD) Costs
17.5 MGD 10 $29,600,000 2.0 $ 5,920,000 3.0 $ 8,880,000 1.5 $ 4,440,000 1.0 $ 2,960,000
19.5 MGD 12 $ 33,640,000 2.0 $ 5,606,000 3.0 $ 8,409,000 1.5 $ 4,204,500 1.0 $ 2,803,000
*All costs are estimated. Actual costs will be finalized in the Preliminary Engineering Report.
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• On an interim basis (until the new plant is
constructed and operational), the District will
guarantee Killeen an additional 2 mgd of treated
water per day.
• Killeen will not have to pay for the additional
water unless the water is actually used.
• This is to help Killeen with the .6 (.39)rule. TAC
§290.45(f)(4) states that the capacity of the
system shall be at least 0.6gpm per connection
(Killeen’s variance allows them to use 0.39 gpm
instead of 0.6 gpm).
STILLHOUSE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
DISTRICT COLLABORATION
43. Lake Stillhouse Plant &
Transmission Main
Current Status
• Project is currently in design stage
• Working with Corp of Engineers to obtain final
authorization
• Anticipate advertising for plant and raw water
lines in January 2017
44. Re-Use Operation Project
• WCID 1 to make up to 2 MGD of WW effluent
available for irrigation of the Stone Tree Golf
Course
• Included obtaining 210 Authorization from
TCEQ, constructing necessary improvements
for delivery, assuring Type I re-use quality is
achieved
54. Current Status
• Total Project Funding from COK was $987,891
and $598,000 from Killeen ECD
• Project was completed in 2015 with the first
water flowing to the golf course in October
2015
• The golf course has purchased 35,171,000
gallons through 11/30/16
55. South WWTP Project
• Improved headworks to reduce grease, other
loadings ahead of SBR
• Additional air for treating higher strength
waste within the SBR
• Additional digester capacity
• Capability to discharge up to 2 MGD to
Trimmier Creek
56. New Diffusers showing good air distribution
Diffusers plugged by grease showing poor air
distribution
I have a lot of slides and I’ll do my best to move at a pace to finish. However, don’t hesitate to stop me if you have a question. My goal is to share the information that’s important and can foster a good working relationship
The previous slides provide historical background of how and why the District was created.
Today, the District Operates a 90 MGD water treatment facility composed of full scale conventional treatment, staffed 24/7
The District Operates a 19 MGD conventional activated sludge wastewater treatment plant on 38th Street across from Killeen High.
The District Operates a 6 MGD wastewater treatment facility off Chaparral Road, using Sequence Batch Reactor (SBR) technology
The District Operates a full scale wood waste composting facility next to the Killeen Transfer Station off Highway 195
The 39,964 ac-ft of water rights available equates to about 35.6 MGD average usage, current average is about 17 MGD
This ends the Water Supply portion. As entities grow and state rules evolve, treatment facilities have to expand and evolve, ie capital upgrades
Master plans look at the geography of the growth areas as well as project population growth and water or sewer demand
Existing Max. Day is 34 MGD per Addendum 5, Feb 11, 2014. Once the Stillhouse Plant is online, Max Day goes to 42 MGD
Similar rationale on the sewer or wastewater side. Another driver of capital upgrade is the regulatory aspect
There is also a TAC regulation for water treatment capacity.
This type of letter goes out each June, so entities can plan for the upcoming budget year. Once the WCID 1 board approves the rate resolution, a follow-up letter is mailed in August.
CITY OF KILLEEN AND BELL COUNTY WCID #1 WORKSHOP
October 15, 2013
The actual amount for the 10 MGD portion for Killeen totaled $30,895,000 or $3.09/gallon of capacity. This is extremely competitive.
As mentioned earlier, the 2 primary drivers for capital expense are growth AND regulations. The 0.6 gpm/connection is one such supply regulations.
Park to Station 3 2432 feet
Sta 3 to Twin Crk 2800 feet
Twin Crk to Hill 3400 feet
Hill to Roy Reynolds 1200 feet