The City of Brady and Enprotec, Hibbs & Todd had good news Friday for the City Friday with the announcement the City’s water supply had been free of radionuclides for 12 months.
Monthly water quality reports had shown the City achieved compliance with the 2016 EPA Order for drinking water standards for radionuclides consisting radium 226, radium 228 and gross alpha particles. The City achieved compliance with near zero levels of radionuclides for 12 consecutive months of water treatment operations.
Achieving the radionuclide-free status is the culmination of 12-years of planning, funding acquisition, land acquisition, design, construction, and operation for the City of Brady.
Enporpotec, Hibbs & Todd is the engineering firm that worked with the City to acquire funding from the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) of $31,410,0000, including $19,327,000 in grant and a 0% interest loan resulting in saving finance costs of approximately $5,500,000. eHT successfully used the TWDB Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) and the Economically Distressed Areas Program (EDAP) to secure the funding.
The Radionuclide Reduction Project completed by Enprotec included planning, design and construction of a radionuclide reduction treatment plant, water transmission lines, ground storage tanks, elevated storage tanks, and rehabilitation of the City’s seven groundwater well facilities.
