Lake Ralph Hall Pipeline Nearing Completion
Fannin County, TX (February 12, 2025) – The final section of pipeline to transport water from Lake Ralph Hall is nearing completion, a major milestone for Texas’ newest lake.
Lake Ralph Hall will provide up to 54 million gallons of water per day to the communities Upper Trinity Regional Water District serves in Denton and Collin Counties, as well as the City of Ladonia and a portion of Fannin County. The nearly finished 32-mile pipeline will connect Lake Ralph Hall to an existing pipeline to transport water for treatment and delivery.
On February 4, Upper Trinity board members and staff, engineers, contractors and local city and county officials celebrated the extensive collaboration to complete this critical phase of the Lake Ralph Hall project. The ceremony featured remarks by Ed Motley, Upper Trinity’s Lake Ralph Hall Program Manager, Andrew Beck, Area Manager at Garney, Ian Willoughby, sales manager at American Spiralweld, and Larry N. Patterson, Executive Director of Upper Trinity. All participants at the event were invited to sign a commemorative piece of pipe for future display.
“This marks a key step in ensuring a reliable water supply for our customer communities in North Texas,” said Upper Trinity’s Executive Director Larry Patterson.
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN), led the pipeline’s design and mapping the 32-mile route for best performance. LAN’s design team and Upper Trinity coordinated directly with local landowners to minimize impacts wherever possible. The pipe’s 66-inch and 72-inch spiral-welded steel pipes were locally manufactured in Paris, TX, by AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe.
Garney Construction was the Construction Manager at Risk, working with five engineering, construction, and consulting firms. The team managed 16 bid packages, overseeing material procurement and coordinating with 11 contractors to lay 3,400 sections of pipe. Garney self-performed two pipeline sections and partnered with local subcontractors for fencing and clearing the right-of-way. In total, this effort contributed to the creation of numerous local jobs.
Throughout the project, Garney worked closely with Hunt County and Fannin County commissioners, fostering strong local partnerships and engaging the community. “This project reflects teamwork and coordination at every stage,” said Andrew Beck. “We were coordinating daily with the other engineering, construction and consulting companies on both pumped and gravity-flow segments of pipeline, tunnels under roads or other pipes and lines, a new balancing reservoir and control station as well as a new pump station being managed and built by Archer Western.”
Black & Veatch Corporation, Jacobs Engineering Group, and Freese & Nichols provided engineering expertise on the pipeline. Freese & Nichols also engineered the pump station and AR Consultants, Inc. assisted with cultural resources. This project is scheduled to be completed by December 2025.
About Lake Ralph Hall
Scheduled for completion in 2026, Lake Ralph Hall will provide a sustainable water supply for Upper Trinity and Fannin County, as well as recreational and economic benefits for the City of Ladonia and Fannin County. For more details about Lake Ralph Hall and the pipeline part of the project, visit LakeRalphHall.com.
About Upper Trinity Regional Water District
Upper Trinity is a regional water district created by the Texas Legislature in 1989 for the benefit of cities and utilities in the Denton County area. Its mandate is to develop regional plans for water services, and to provide both water and wastewater services on a wholesale basis to cities and utilities within its service area, including all of Denton County and portions of Dallas and Collin Counties. For more information, please contact Jason Pierce, Manager of Government Affairs & Communications at 972-219-1228.
About Garney
Garney is the national leader in water and wastewater infrastructure. Since 1961, Garney has been committed to delivering clean, safe drinking water and protecting public health through essential water and wastewater systems. Garney specializes in self-performing construction services for water and wastewater pipelines, treatment facilities, pumping stations, water storage tanks, and industrial/heavy civil projects through conventional and collaborative delivery methods for municipal, federal, and private sector clients. As a 100% employee-owned company with 18 regional offices and 2,500 employee-owners, Garney is committed to advancing the future of water and wastewater infrastructure. At the core of Garney’s work is its guiding purpose: Building Sustainable Futures with the World’s Most Previous Resources – Water & People®.
