Austin Water Pipeline Engineering is committed to providing quality customer service with exemplary plan reviews to ensure compliant, constructible and maintainable infrastructure.  Pipeline Engineering's overall responsibility is the review, permitting and management of all public and private development projects for water, wastewater and reclaimed water infrastructure to ensure compliance with Federal, State and city standards, specifications, and requirements.

Typical projects include:

  • Sites and Subdivisions Plans
  • Site Plan Exemptions
  • City of Austin General Permits/Capital Improvement Projects
  • Other Non-permitted projects such as Counties, University of Texas and school projects, Texas Department of Transportation, Water Control Improvement District, Cap Metro and other entity projects
  • Miscellaneous Projects such as Fire lines, Clearances and Adjustments etc.
  • Review License Agreements, Right of Way Vacations, Easement Releases

Other responsibilities include:

  • Provide Input to Austin Water Standards Committee on products and Utility Criteria Manual
  • Work with Internal and External Stakeholders
  • Conduct Field Visits

House Bill 3167

Checklists and General Construction Notes:

Capital Improvement Project (CIP) and General Permits:

Forms:

Technical Manuals and Resources:

The following are links to the various helpful resources and technical manuals that identify the required standards and criteria professional engineers must comply with when designing public water, reclaimed water and wastewater systems in the Austin area.

Pipe Restraint Calculators
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Current Rules and Regulations
City of Austin/Austin Water - Standard Specifications, Standard Details and Utility Criteria Manual
Texas Department of Transportation

Miscellaneous Austin Water Links