Hidalgo County Drainage District in La Villa, TX
Delta Outfall Structure was a million dollar project consisting of excavation into the Rio Grande spillway levee in accordance with the IBWC and Hidalgo County Drainage District. This project also consisted of:
- Channel excavation of the existing spillway channel
- Construction of dual 10’x10′ culverts with gatewell structure and sluice gates
- Construction of concrete retaining walls, slope pavings and suction box
- Cement stabilized backfill was mixed on-site and placed for backfill
- Steel pipe at 12” and 18” were fabricated on-site to assist in drainage efforts.
- Two 12” pumps with flex hoses to connect to pipe
- Guard rails, caliche and hydromulch seeding completed this project.