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Central East Water and Wastewater Renewal

Update

We invite you to join us for a public meeting to meet the project team and get your questions answered.

Wednesday, September 2, 6 p.m.
Carver Branch, Austin Public Library
1161 Angelina Street, Austin, TX 78702

Project Overview

Austin Water is preparing for the needs of the future by strengthening our city’s water infrastructure through a program called Renewing Austin. The Central East Water and Wastewater Renewal Project is part of this work, with Austin Water installing 4,255 linear feet of new water mains and 2,940 linear feet of new wastewater mains in the Central East neighborhood.

Within the area bounded by Chicon, East 7th, Northwestern and Rosewood, we will install upgrades along Bryan, Walter, East 9th and 10th Streets, and Northwestern and Prospect Ave, as well as in the alley between East 7th and 8th Streets. Austin Water has documented numerous pipe breaks in these areas, and by installing new infrastructure here we help create a more sustainable city. For this project, contractors will use a technique called “open cut trenching,” cutting through the pavement to dig trenches for the new lines. The trenches will be temporarily repaired during the project. When construction is finished, the contractor will repave all streets impacted by this work.

Timeline

We anticipate that construction will begin in the summer of 2026 and take 14 months to complete.

Contact

Kirby Haywood, Project Manager
Austin Capital Delivery Services
512-974-7030
kirby.haywood@austintexas.gov

Lydia Van Buren, Public Information
Austin Water
512-972-0268
lydia.vanburen@austintexas.gov