Water to return to Spicewood Beach

SPICEWOOD BEACH, Texas (KXAN) - For two years, the only water residents of Spicewood Beach could use had to be trucked in. But that could end in a few weeks. A new water treatment plant there could soon revitalize the lakefront community.

Kenneth Saire spent Monday working on his Christmas decorations. But as the holiday nears, he'd prefer to spruce up other parts of his home.

"You know, wash your car, water your lawn, you can't do none of that,"he said. "You can't water your flowers."

Saire has been living in Spicewood Beach for 20 years, the last two under the tight Stage 4 water restrictions where water can be used for showers, cooking and little else.

"All you can smell is chlorine," he added. "You let it sit for five minutes and it finally clears up, but nobody drinks it hardly in the neighborhood."

Corix, the company that operates the water utilities in Spicewood Beach, has spent the last two years trucking water into the community. But the company says that could be coming to an end after they installed two large treatment units.

The company says the units will prepare about 330 gallons of Lake Travis water a minute. But Sairs isn't buying that story quite yet.

"I'll believe it when I can turn up my tap and wash my car, stuff like that," he said, "then I'll believe it."

Corix says water prices in the community should stay steady for about a year after the units start running.

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