The College Station city council unanimously approved a $240,000 contract to study groundwater at their last meeting. Steven Maldonado, Water Department Assistant Director, says the study is due to concerns about the future availability of water in our area. “As water potentially gets moved out of our area, there will be impacts to our wells and to our well field. What this contract will do, we’ll go through scenarios and start ramping up numbers. Depends on how much gets withdrawn from the area and how much impact that would be,” said Maldonado. Maldonado says six scenarios will be tested to see the impact on the wells. “Look at what that would do to our existing wells, to future wells, to our rates,” said Maldonado. Three new water wells are planned for the City of College Station in 2028. The budget for the design and construction of wells 10, 11, and 12 is $68.7 million. Click below to hear discussion of the new water wells and the groundwater study during the College Station City Council Meeting: CapitalProjectsUpdate_JenniferCain_AndOthers