Work progressing on Ingleside wastewater treatment plant

Work is progressing on the City of Ingleside’s wastewater treatment plant, with city officials saying the project is nearly a quarter of the way finished.

City of Ingleside Director of Infrastructure Services Gary Paredez said in a video posted to the city’s social media pages on May 28 progress is continuing on a wastewater treatment plant the city hopes will be completed by the end of 2027.

According to Paredez, the city’s current wastewater treatment plant has been in use since 1985. Treatment plants, he said, are typically built for roughly a 20-year lifespan — meaning that Ingleside’s has long been due for an upgrade.

“It has outlived its lifespan, and so we’re in the process of building a new one,” he said.

The city said the new plant has reached about 20% completion, and Paredez said the project is about a year and a half out from its hopeful completion.

Once complete, the $42.2 million project is something Paredez said will be a win-win situation, with an increased capacity compared to the current plan enabling the city to then hopefully be able to sell some of the re-used water.

The project has funding largely from a grant from the Texas Water Development Board, Paredez said, with the city sending out Certificates of Obligation for the rest. He also added that the updated plant will better help the city stay within environmental regulations.

“It will benefit us because we’ll get more treatment capacity, and at the same time we’ll be able to generate some revenue on the back end of it,” Paredez said. “….. It’s something that is absolutely necessary — because the current facility that we’re using, it struggles really badly to maintain compliance with TCEQ. So this is going to help us stay more in compliance.”

Along with ongoing drainage projects and additional measures, Paredez said the city is working hard to do what is best for the long-term health of Ingleside and its residents.

“This is one of the biggest projects that we’re working on right now for the betterment of the community,” he said.

Work progressing on Ingleside wastewater treatment plant

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