South 1st St Reclaimed Water Main
The South 1st Street Reclaimed Water Main is part of a series of projects to expand backup capacity and improve service reliability for reclaimed water users across Austin. The project will install approximately 5,500 feet of pipeline along Monroe Street and South 1st Street.
A large portion of the main will be installed using horizontal directional drilling, which minimizes open-cut work on South 1st Street and reduces traffic impacts during construction. Potential future connections to the reclaimed main include the Texas School for the Deaf.
Timeline
- Advertise/Bid/Award: Fall 2025 – Winter 2025
- Active Construction: Spring 2026 – Fall 2028
Communications
Project Documents
Contacts
Chris Irwin, Project Manager
Austin Capital Delivery Services
512-974-7332
chris.irwin@austintexas.gov
Oystein Moen, Project Sponsor
Austin Water
512-972-0113
oystein.moen@austintexas.gov
Cynthia Miller, J.D.
Austin Water Public Information Office
512-972-0268
cynthia.miller@austintexas.gov
Connecting to Reclaimed Water
Reclaimed water is highly purified wastewater that is ordinarily discharged to the Colorado River. Austin Water takes some of the water, stores it in tanks and pumps it to customers for non-drinking uses such as irrigation, cooling, toilet flushing and manufacturing. Using reclaimed water conserves our drinking water supply.
If you are interested in having a reclaimed water connection, let us know and we can provide information on what is involved. After paying for a meter, we’ll arrange with our contractor to install a service line and meter box. The cost of a connection can be substantially reduced if it is done with the construction of the main.