Major water pipeline deal could come this fall

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Negotiations on the project to provide water from the Carrizo and Simsboro aquifers east of Austin will be open to the public and will be on a fast track to present a deal for SAWS board approval as early as September, with the deal going to the City Council in October. According to a meeting agenda, the committee will discuss the proposed project, a timeline and a process for the negotiations, and a preliminary outline and contents for a contract. Peace said she's worried that the pipeline could force SAWS to sell water the city does not need, driving development on the Edwards recharge zone and beyond the city limits, yielding little new tax revenue. The local business community, which opposed that recommendation, was relieved when the SAWS board chose to ask Vista Ridge for “clarification” on its proposal. The consortium has since assumed all regulatory, technical and financial risks with the project, ensuring that SAWS would only pay for water delivered, and waived a $5 million annual reservation fee and automatic 2 percent annual price increase on the water. Proponents have said the pipeline project will help SAWS more efficiently use its aquifer storage and recovery facility to comply with Edwards drought restrictions on pumping. The lead team for SAWS at past meetings has been made up of Puente, a former legislator with a background in water regulations; SAWS Chairman Berto Guerra, who is chairman and CEO of Toyota supplier Avanzar Interior Technologies and has a reputation as a skilled negotiator; and SAWS trustee Reed Williams, a numbers-cruncher with a background in oil and gas pipelines."/> <meta name="author.name" content="By Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News"/> <meta name="author.title" content=""/> <meta name="date.release" content="2014/29/06"/> <meta name="time.release" content="22:19"/> <meta name="publisher" content="Express-News"/> <meta name="sections" content="News,Environment"/> <meta name="subject" content="local authority,diplomacy,civil and public service,corporate officer,alliances"/> <meta name="news_keywords" content="local authority,diplomacy,civil and public service,corporate officer,alliances"/> <script type="text/javascript" src="/web/20150423084405js_/http://www.expressnews.com/js/hdn/omniture/video.js"></script> <meta property="og:title" content="Major water pipeline deal could come this fall"/> <meta property="og:description" content="San Antonio Water System CEO Robert Puente said the agency's staff will ask trustees Tuesday to let the utility begin formal negotiations with the Vista Ridge Consortium on a 142-mile pipeline from western Burleson County to bring 50,000 acre-feet annually — enough to serve more than 150,000 homes. Negotiations on the project to provide water from the Carrizo and Simsboro aquifers east of Austin will be open to the public and will be on a fast track to present a deal for SAWS board approval as early as September, with the deal going to the City Council in October. According to a meeting agenda, the committee will discuss the proposed project, a timeline and a process for the negotiations, and a preliminary outline and contents for a contract. Peace said she's worried that the pipeline could force SAWS to sell water the city does not need, driving development on the Edwards recharge zone and beyond the city limits, yielding little new tax revenue. The local business community, which opposed that recommendation, was relieved when the SAWS board chose to ask Vista Ridge for “clarification” on its proposal. The consortium has since assumed all regulatory, technical and financial risks with the project, ensuring that SAWS would only pay for water delivered, and waived a $5 million annual reservation fee and automatic 2 percent annual price increase on the water. Proponents have said the pipeline project will help SAWS more efficiently use its aquifer storage and recovery facility to comply with Edwards drought restrictions on pumping. The lead team for SAWS at past meetings has been made up of Puente, a former legislator with a background in water regulations; SAWS Chairman Berto Guerra, who is chairman and CEO of Toyota supplier Avanzar Interior Technologies and has a reputation as a skilled negotiator; and SAWS trustee Reed Williams, a numbers-cruncher with a background in oil and gas pipelines."/> <meta property="og:type" content="article"/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20150423084405/http://www.expressnews.com/news/environment/article/Major-water-pipeline-deal-could-come-this-fall-5588274.php"/> <meta property="og:image" content="https://web.archive.org/web/20150423084405im_/http://www.expressnews.com/img/pages/article/opengraph_default.jpg"/> <meta property="og:site_name" content="San Antonio Express-News"/>  <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary_large_image"/> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@mysa"/> <meta name="twitter:creator" content="@shuddlestonSA"/>  <meta 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