LCRA board agenda includes possible action on water system bidders

The LCRA board of directors is meeting this morning to discuss taking action on possible buyers for its water and wastewater systems, agenda item #23. Hays County and a coalition of Central Texas communities have bid on several of the systems – Hays County for the Hwy 290/Dripping Springs surface water pipeline portion of LCRA's West Travis County Regional Water System. However, the RoundUp has learned that LCRA's divestiture consultant has recommended a bid from a Canadian based company, Corix, to purchase a large bulk of LCRA systems, including the West Travis system. Corix provides service to more than 200 water systems and 650,000 customers in North America. Here's a press release on Corix's newly remodeled Corix Utilities U.S., Inc. headquarters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

The board meeting is being held at the LCRA General Office complex at 3700 Lake Austin Blvd. in Austin. You can download the agenda at this link: http://www.lcra.org/about/leadership/board/agenda.html. LCRA's main switchboard number is 512.473.3200.