A Comal.News count of New Braunfels Utilities’ capital plan puts $81,000,088 in projected FY2027–FY2031 spending toward the Gruene Water Reclamation Facility expansion. Most of that five-year amount is scheduled for FY2030 and FY2031, making the timing as important as the total.
The proposed expansion would raise Gruene’s permitted wastewater treatment capacity to 4.9 million gallons a day, with completion projected for July 31, 2032. That is the capacity and completion target in NBU’s project entry, rather than a statement that construction or a permit change has already been completed.
From the source record
Selected years; FY2028 and FY2029 are included in the table below.
When the plan schedules the spending
The plan schedules more than $4 million in FY2027, about $2.94 million in FY2028, about $1.1 million in FY2029, about $31.57 million in FY2030 and about $41.06 million in FY2031. Those figures come from the project figures; the table gives the exact annual amounts.
| Fiscal year | Planned spending |
|---|---|
| FY2027 | $4,334,475 |
| FY2028 | $2,935,680 |
| FY2029 | $1,098,608 |
| FY2030 | $31,567,008 |
| FY2031 | $41,064,317 |
| Five-year total | $81,000,088 |
Amounts are from NBU’s Gruene project entry. The five-year total is a Comal.News sum.
What the budget does and does not settle
NBU’s plan lists FY2027 as an adopted capital budget, while FY2028 through FY2031 are planning estimates subject to annual review and future board action. Readers should therefore treat the five-year total as a project plan, not a single authorization to spend the entire amount now. The plan also says future rate adjustments require board approval.