The North Texas Municipal Water District board considered a $978.4 million budget at its Thursday, Sept. 24, meeting in Wylie. The board also took up more than $16.7 million in construction and engineering work at the Wylie water treatment complex.
NTMWD is the wholesale water provider for Murphy, Wylie, Sachse and dozens of other North Texas cities. The district has not yet published minutes or vote results from the meeting. The items below appeared on the board's action agenda as staff recommendations from Executive Director Jenna Covington's office.
Nearly $1 billion budget
Resolution No. 26-41 asked the board to approve $978,410,440 for operations, administration and debt service from Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027. The spending plan also amended the current-year budget to $914,142,145.
Staff reviewed the budget with the Finance Committee in July and September, held a work session in July and presented it to the full board in August before bringing it for a vote Sept. 24.
$14.9M in Wylie filter work
The board also had before it a $14,904,240 work authorization to Sundt Construction, Inc. for filter improvements at the Wylie complex, plus $1,829,000 in owner's contingency. The work covers replacing filter media in eight filters, swapping out underdrain systems, modifying effluent piping at Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) II and III, and repairing filter gullet walls.
The project is the third work authorization under a construction-manager-at-risk agreement the board first approved in September 2025. District records say the work is driven by regulatory compliance and aging equipment.
$770K study for aging WTP II
Separately, the agenda included a $770,100 engineering contract with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. for a conceptual study of Wylie WTP II. The 280-million-gallon-per-day facility, part of the 840 MGD Wylie complex, is between 40 and 60 years old. It faces hydraulic limitations and pretreatment problems, according to district records.
The study will evaluate up to three alternatives for improving performance and develop a capital improvements plan. Three firms were interviewed; Jacobs was deemed the most qualified. The planning-level construction estimate sits at $144,140,000, a figure the district said would be updated once the study is complete.
Regional water cooperation
Two other resolutions addressed regional partnerships. Resolution No. 26-39 would formalize a cooperation framework among NTMWD, the Tarrant Regional Water District and the City of Dallas on water supply and interconnectivity. No funding was attached.
Resolution No. 26-40 would commit $83,175 toward studies of the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir, part of a mediated agreement between water-planning Regions C and D reached Aug. 1, 2025.
The new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. Vote results will be available when the district publishes its September meeting minutes.
