Harlingen Waterworks System board approves an effluent water supply agreement with RGV Property LLC for a proposed data center
The City of Harlingen Waterworks System board of directors approved a water supply agreement with RGV Property LLC for a supply of effluent water. The water is intended to serve a proposed data center on land outside the Harlingen city limits in Cameron County. General Manager Roy Rodriguez said the company would not use drinking water. The pricing terms reported include a rate per thousand gallons of effluent water and a minimum annual payment tied to average daily volume.
How to take part
The Harlingen Waterworks System board meets in open session and posts agendas and minutes on hwws.com. The Harlingen City Commission has taken up the same subject in its own open meetings, where residents may sign up to speak.
Where
1 county. In Brownsville-Harlingen.
Dates
| Date | What | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | ordered | Special board meeting at which the water supply agreement was approved, per the board's posted minutes file |
The evidence
Every fact above rests on one of these. The words are the source's own.
They're not going to use drinking water — we are aligned with the thought we've got to take care of our precious amount of water.Proposed Harlingen data center would use 4.6M gallons of sewer water per day, MyRGV via Yahoo News Journalism
$1.242 million a year if it averages more than 4.6 million gallons per day at the end of a year.Proposed Harlingen data center would use 4.6M gallons of sewer water per day, MyRGV via Yahoo News Journalism
a supply of effluent waterProposed Harlingen data center would use 4.6M gallons of sewer water per day, MyRGV via Yahoo News Journalism