The City of Houston will be advertising for bid in December 2016 the first three segments of a new 16.5 mile Northeast Transmission Waterline that will transmit surface water from the Northeast Water Purification Plant to four regional water authorities, Municipal Utility Districts (MUDs) and the City of Houston.
The city is building the waterline as part of its Surface Water Transmission Program (SWTP) to meet the region’s projected 2040 water demand. Ultimately, the waterline will provide up to 96 million-gallons-per-day (MGD) to the City of Houston and 269 MGD to local water authorities, enough to serve approximately nine hundred thousand homes. Along the way, the water line will also provide additional water to Bush Intercontinental Airport, the Greater Greenspoint Area, and surrounding areas currently receiving water from the existing 66-in. water line extending along the Greens Road corridor.
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