Texas Water Development Board approves $30,315,905 to the City of Weatherford (Parker County) for water system improvements

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AUSTIN – (November 12, 2026) – The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) today approved by resolution financial assistance in the amount of $30,315,905 in grant funding to the City of Weatherford (Parker County) from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Emerging Contaminants for Small or Disadvantaged Systems program. The City will use the assistance for the planning, design, and construction of a water system improvements project.

With the assistance approved today, the City proposes improvements to its water treatment plant by using granular activated carbon, reverse osmosis, or ion exchange as its preferred method, pending completion of a pilot study. The City will also make modifications to the existing contactors for PFAS treatment, install four new granular activated carbon contactors, a 108,000 gallons backwash supply basin, two 6,375 gallons per minute backwash supply pumps, four turbine pumps, feed pumps, filters, and perform upgrades to the pumps at the City’s pump station, electrical and the chemical feed systems, electrical improvements and additional membranes at the City’s water treatment plant.

The TWDB is the state agency charged with collecting and disseminating water-related data, assisting with regional water and flood planning, and preparing the state water and flood plans. The TWDB administers cost-effective financial assistance programs for the construction of water supply, wastewater treatment, flood mitigation, and agricultural water conservation projects.