Austin Water asks for $45M loan for wastewater plant upgrades

AUSTIN (KXAN) — City council members are looking into a request from the Austin Water department to take out a $45 million loan to help pay for upgrades to two wastewater treatment plants.
The city says the population growth is the main reason the city needs to help improve the filtration systems.
Jill Mayfield, spokesperson for Austin Water, says the plants can currently handle around 95 million gallons of sewage a day. “We treat it and put clean water back in the river.”