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Featuring Robert Upton from GCWA!

Robert Upton

Gulf Coast Water Authority

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Featuring Adam Willard from NBU!

Adam Willard has worked for NBU for three years and

is currently serving as the Chief Engineer of Water Systems.

Prior to working for NBU, Adam worked as a staff augmentation

employee for two years within NBU and prior to that several

consultants throughout central Texas, with his primary focus

being the design and construction of water and wastewater

pipelines, pump stations, lift stations, and land development.

Currently he oversees all land development and water and wastewater

capital improvement projects, totaling approximately $600M over the

next five years. Adam was born and raised in Corpus Christi,

Texas and is a graduate of Texas A&M University.

Adam Willard

NBU

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Implementing a New Raw Water Delivery System Deep Beneath Lake Travis, TX for BCRUA

The Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority (BCRUA) is a partnership of three of the fastest growing cities in Central Texas - Cedar Park, Leander, and Round Rock. The authority was formed in 2006 to develop a regional water system that withdraws, treats, and delivers water from Lake Travis to its member cities. The system is being developed in several phases. Phase 1 has been completed and consists of a temporary floating raw water intake barge, raw and finished water transmission pipelines, and a 32.5 million gallon per day (MGD) water treatment plant (WTP). The current floating intake barge pumps water from the Sandy Creek arm of Lake Travis, which is relatively shallow compared to the main Colorado River channel of the lake. The BCRUA recognizes the need for a deep water intake structure to ensure the capacity and reliability of future water supplies and prolonged droughts over recent decades have confirmed the vulnerability of the floating intake. Phase 2 will expand the system and includes construction of a deep water intake in the main river channel of Lake Travis, suction tunnel, pump station, and discharge tunnel that will connect to the Phase 1 raw water transmission pipeline. The Phase 2 Raw Water Delivery System will have an ultimate capacity of 145 MGD and provide a reliable water source to sustain long term growth of the partner cities.

Matt Koziol

Associate, Tunnels & Underground

Schnabel Engineering