{"id":161977,"date":"2026-02-12T19:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/161977\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T19:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T19:07:10","slug":"santa-clara-creek-water-reclamation-facility-expansion-looks-to-support-future-growth-in-northeast-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/161977\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Clara Creek Water Reclamation Facility expansion looks to support future growth in Northeast San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOfficials with <a href=\"https:\/\/gvsud.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Valley Special Utility District<\/a> celebrated the completion of a 0.5 million gallons per day, or MGD, expansion of its Santa Clara Creek Water Reclamation Facility on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1963, GVSUD provides water and wastewater services to one quarter of Guadalupe County and portions of Comal and Bexar counties. The utility district services portions of Schertz, Cibolo, New Braunfels, Seguin, Marion and New Berlin, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<p>The expansion project\u2014which began in January 2025\u2014increased the plant\u2019s capacity from 0.25 MGD to 0.75 MGD, the release states.<\/p>\n<p>GVSUD General Manager Phil Gage said the project included a new aerobic packaged wastewater treatment plan, pumping systems, non-potable water systems and a lift station.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompleting a project of this scale in a record amount of time is a direct reflection of the dedication and skill of every team involved,\u201d Gage said in the release. \u201cWe are proud that this facility will be operated by some of the most highly qualified committed staff in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tceq.texas.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Commission on Environmental Quality<\/a> permitted the facility, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twdb.texas.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas Water Development Board<\/a> initially financed the facility before it opened in 2021. This is the second phase of a three-phase plan, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>By the numbers<\/p>\n<p>The district has since grown from providing water to 150 customers to serving 20,000 water connections and nearly 2,500 water connections. If growth continues in the region, Santa Clara Creek Water Reclamation Facility could treat 2.5 MGD per day, according to the release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officials with Green Valley Special Utility District celebrated the completion of a 0.5 million gallons per day, or&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[363,8084,66300,66301,364,362,82,84,83,66302,367,366,6042,365,12911,410],"class_list":["post-161977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-cibolo","tag-edwards-aquifer","tag-green-valley-special-utility-district","tag-gvsud","tag-live-oak","tag-northeast-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-santa-clara-creek-water-reclamation-facility","tag-schertz","tag-selma","tag-texas-water-development-board","tag-universal-city","tag-wastewater","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}