A subsidiary of infrastructure giant Ferrovial has won an approximately $538 million contract to build a water reclamation project in Fort Worth, Texas, according to an announcement from Ferrovial.
Subsidiary Webber will build the Mary’s Creek Water Reclamation Facility, which will help expand wastewater capacity in western Fort Worth and provide reclaimed water for industrial and irrigation functions, per the announcement.
The contractor, based in The Woodlands, Texas, will build the greenfield facility, which includes wastewater treatment systems, solids handling systems and odor control facilities alongside electrical, instrumentation and control systems.
Once the facility goes into operation, it will process 10 million gallons of water per day, according to the announcement.
Through the next several years, Ferrovial predicts strong demand in the U.S. water market, said Peter Bailey, president of waterworks at Webber.
“Population growth, industrial expansion and increasing pressure on existing water supplies are creating significant long-term infrastructure needs, particularly across the Southeastern U.S., where population growth projections point to continued demand over the next five to ten years,” Bailey told Construction Dive via email.
The project represents another investment by the Lone Star State into its water infrastructure. Last year, both chambers of the Texas legislature passed bills to pump $20 billion into the sector to mitigate future water issues.
In this case, the announcement will impact the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, which became home to two cities with more than 1 million residents each, the only area in the country with that distinction, according to the city’s economic development partnership. That statistic is bolstered by Fort Worth’s status as one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S., per the EDP.
This is not Webber’s only contract on water projects in the state. Last year, the builder was tapped by the cities of Austin and Fort Worth to build a pump station and expand a water treatment plant, respectively, in contracts worth $721 million.
Construction is scheduled to begin this month, per the announcement, and is expected to be complete by summer 2030.
