Council approves $1 billion for Walnut Creek wastewater plant

City Council on Thursday approved contracts for design and enhancements for the Walnut Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant that will begin in 2025. In all, the contracts total more than $1 billion. The plant currently can treat 75 million gallons a day, and the expansion will allow that capacity to expand by 25 million gallons, in addition to modernizing the plant with things like moving away from the use of chlorine chemicals and reducing the amount of nutrients that flow into the Colorado and spur algae growth. The project will also include $120 million in plant protection projects designed to guard it from high water flow and flooding. Save Our Springs Executive Director Bill Bunch spoke against the contracts at Thursday’s City Council meeting. He objected to the lack of information posted and the lack of discussion by Council on such an expensive plan.