The South 1st St Reclaimed Water Main is part of a series of projects that will provide redundancy and reliability of service to reclaimed water customers in Austin. The project includes installation of approximately 5,300 feet of pipeline along Monroe St and South 1st St.
A large portion of the main will be installed using Horizontal Directional Drilling, avoiding open cut installation in South 1st St as much as possible and minimizing traffic impacts. Potential service connections to the new reclaimed water main includes Texas School for the Deaf.
Timeline
- Advertise/Bid/Award: Fall 2025 – Winter 2025
- Active Construction: Spring 2026 – Fall 2028
Communications
Project Documents
View Project Map (Adobe PDF)
Contacts
Chris Irwin, Project Manager
Public Works, Capital Delivery
512-974-7332 office
Chris.Irwin@austintexas.gov
Oystein Moen, Project Sponsor
Austin Water, Reclaimed Water
512-972-0113 office
Oystein.Moen@austintexas.gov
Emlea Chanslor, Community Outreach
Austin Water, Public Information Office
512-972-0145 office
emlea.chanslor@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.