Cibolo City Council approved a resolution adopting its South Cibolo Wastewater Master Plan on Jan. 13.
The gist
The city contracted engineering firm Freese and Nichols Inc. in 2025 to prepare the plan, which recommends short- and long-term infrastructure projects needed to meet projected wastewater flows as the city continues to be built out.
The master plan will serve as a roadmap to guide infrastructure construction between FM 78 and I-10, which is a new sewer service area for Cibolo, said Tyler May, a water and wastewater engineer with Freese and Nichols Inc., in an email to Community Impact.
The South Cibolo Wastewater Master Plan provides the city with a prioritized list of projects sized to meet build-out growth in the area. The projects extend infrastructure to areas that do not have wastewater service yet, the email states.
Capital Improvement Projects recommended by the plan will be incorporated into the city’s CIP Plan for future fiscal years, according to agenda documents.
The plan provides an estimate of the timing and location of growth from 2030 to 2050 and at full build-out. Growth was assumed to occur near the Venado Crossing Lift Station and the South Cibolo Creek Municipal Authority Wastewater Treatment Plant.
“These areas are closest to existing infrastructure, so it is easiest to build there. Development patterns may change over time, which will change the order of projects constructed,” May said in the email.
Short-term projects, like the construction of a new lift station at Bolton Road and wastewater mainlines at Northwest Venado, will help establish critical infrastructure that the rest of the basins will depend on to convey flows to existing treatment facilities.
Medium- and long-term projects, like a 15-inch Lower Seguin Road South Wastewater extension and a Bolton Road Lift Station expansion, extend from the short-term projects into areas projected to grow in later planning periods, according to May’s email.
Quote of note
City Manager Wayne Reed said the adoption is a “milestone” in Cibolo’s journey of delivering on the promise of being a wastewater service provider.
“The adoption of this master plan allows us to proceed with designing a capital improvement project that will include the transmission line from the CCMA South Plan to the Bolton Road, Aeckerville Road intersection area,” Reed said.