August 22, 2024
August 22, 2024
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Notice to Proceed: North Angelina County Regional Wastewater Facility Project

The Angelina & Neches River Authority has issued a Notice to Proceed for a construction project for its North Angelina County Regional Wastewater Facility. Project Name: Regionalization of the Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1 (District) Wastewater Treatment Facility Community Served: Rivercrest and Duncan Slough communities State Agency Administration: Texas Water Development Board Project Funding: Project was wholly or partially funded with State Revolving Funds funding through the EPA Project Description: The project consists of decommissioning the existing Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No.1 WWTF, installation of lift stations with associated line work to transfer flow to the ANRA’s North Angelina County Regional Wastewater Facility (NACRWF), and improvements to the chlorination and disinfection system at NACRWF as an additive bid option. Water Quality Benefits: Regionalization of the project will take the District’s wastewater treatment plant offline and reroute that flow stream to a modern regional wastewater treatment facility. The wastewater treatment plant being offline and decommissioned is located approximately 300 yards from the Angelina River.
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July 29, 2024
July 29, 2024
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ANRA to Host Annual Texas Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee Meeting

The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) will host its annual Texas Clean Rivers Program Steering Committee Meeting at 1:00 p.m. on July 30, 2024, at the Texas Forestry Association, located at 1903 Atkinson Drive, in Lufkin.  An online option will be available to those unable to attend in-person. The meeting will feature presentations from ANRA staff, Texas Water Resource Institute staff, Keep Nacogdoches Beautiful Director, Ashley Villarreal, Texas Conservation Alliance Community Conservation Coordinator, Jose Lopez, The Citizen Nac Building and Booking Manager, Sam Hernandez, and Independent Filmmaker, Curtis Craven.  ANRA’s Clean Rivers Program Coordinator, Andrew Henry, said, “This meeting is a chance for the public to get involved and voice their concerns about water quality in our basin and learn about what we’ve been doing, where, and what is planned for the future.” Attendees will have opportunities to ask questions, discuss water quality issues and potential solutions, and learn about ways that they can further become involved in decision-making, regarding these issues and solutions. “Without stakeholder (public) input, ANRA must decide which watersheds to prioritize and conduct work in, and while we do our best to ensure we monitor and remediate the areas in our basin with the greatest need first, this has a possibility of not aligning with the priorities of the public. With stakeholder input, we can prioritize areas the public wants to see action in. Our stakeholders have the ability to steer ANRA toward water quality improvement projects they want to see done,” Henry said. The Texas Clean Rivers Act of 1991 was enacted by the Texas State Legislature to ensure the comprehensive regional assessment of water quality in each river basin through a local, watershed-based approach. As a partner in the Texas Clean Rivers Program (CRP), the Angelina & Neches River Authority is the lead […]
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June 5, 2024
June 5, 2024
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Request for Statements of Qualifications

June 5, 2024: The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) is soliciting Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) for engineering services for design of water system improvements for its Central Heights Utilities. Engineering services include the following: Statement of Qualifications shall include:  SOQ’s shall only be submitted electronically in PDF format, via email at solicitations@anra.org or via USB thumb drive mailed to 2901 N. John Redditt Drive, Lufkin Texas 75904. All SOQ submission must be received at ANRA’s Central Office no later than 12:00 noon on June 21, 2024. For more information, please contact Mr. Kelley Holcomb by phone at 936-632-7795 or by email at kholcomb@anra.org. Printable version of this RFQ:
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May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024
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Sunset Advisory Commission Invites Public Input on the Angelina & Neches River Authority of Texas

The Sunset Advisory Commission is reviewing the mission and performance of the Angelina & Neches River Authority of Texas (ANRA) and welcomes public comments on ideas to improve its operations and services. The Texas Sunset Act requires the Sunset Commission to periodically review ANRA and recommend whether to change state law to improve the authority’s efficiency and effectiveness. The Legislature ultimately will decide whether to adopt Sunset’s statutory recommendations. The Sunset Commission also may adopt management directives for ANRA that do not require statutory change. The Sunset process has three stages. First, Sunset staff will evaluate ANRA, seek public input, and issue a report recommending solutions to problems found. Second, the Sunset Commission will hold two public meetings: a hearing on the staff report and the authority, and a decision meeting to adopt recommendations to the Legislature based on the report and public comments. Third, the Legislature will convene in January 2025 and will consider Sunset’s statutory recommendations in a Sunset bill for ANRA. Here are several ways to provide comments and suggestions to Sunset staff on ANRA’s mission, operations, and services: • Send an email to sunset(a)sunset.texas.gov• Submit comments online at www.sunset.texas.gov• Send a letter to Sunset Advisory Commission, Attn: ANRA, P.O. Box 13066, Austin, Texas 78711• Call (512) 463-1300 to speak to Andrew McConnell, project manager of the ANRA review Please provide your comments by September 12 to ensure Sunset staff can fully consider your input while conducting their review. Comments submitted before the staff report is published in November 2024 will remain confidential. Stay informed! Visit www.sunset.texas.gov to sign up for email alerts on the Sunset staff report and the Sunset Commission’s public meetings on ANRA.
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May 13, 2024
May 13, 2024
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24th Annual Neches River Rendezvous Cancelled Due to Unsafe River Conditions

The 24th Annual Neches River Rendezvous, which was scheduled to be held on May 18, 2024, has been cancelled due to unsafe river conditions. The Neches River Rendezvous is a family-friendly 10-mile paddling adventure down the Neches River. This is the first year that the Angelina & Neches River Authority was scheduled to host the event. It was previously hosted by the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce. Held for the first time in 1997, it quickly became a popular annual event, with up to 300 people participating, however, due to Covid-19, weather conditions, and supply chain issues, the event had not been held since 2018. “With unpredictable weather patterns in East Texas, it’s tricky trying to schedule a date for an event of this nature. There’s a short window of opportunity to host this event between weather extremes, flooding events and high heat indexes, so timing this event has proven to be challenging. By the time river conditions improve to a safe level, it will likely be too hot to hold the event, especially since most participants are novice paddlers,” Kelley Holcomb, the Authority’s general manager said. “While we are disappointed that we have to cancel the event in our first year, safety is our first priority.” At the time of this release, the National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services indicated that it could be weeks before river depth and discharge velocities decrease to safe enough levels for recreational activity. Both the event launch area, the Neches River at Anderson Crossing, between Houston and Cherokee counties, and the takeout area, the Neches River at Highway 7, in Angelina County are experiencing discharges of 20,200 cfs (cubic feet per second). To put that into perspective, between the launch and takeout areas, the river is flowing at about 151,096 gallons per […]
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March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024
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Invitation to submit bids for wastewater construction project

Angelina & Neches River Authority “(ANRA)” will receive bids TWDB Project No. 73829 Regionalization of ACFWSD1 WWTF.   Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at the ANRA Central Office located at 2901 N. John Redditt Dr., Lufkin, TX 75904.  The bids will be opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at the ANRA Central Office located at 2901 N. John Redditt Dr., Lufkin, TX 75904. The project consists of decommissioning the existing Angelina County Fresh Water Supply District No.1 WWTF, installation of lift stations with associated line work to transfer flow to the ANRA’s North Angelina County Regional Wastewater Facility (NACRWF), and improvements to the chlorination and disinfection system at NACRWF as an additive bid option. Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications are on file at Schaumburg & Polk, Inc., 320 S. Broadway Ave, Suite 200, Tyler, Texas 75702, 903-595-3913 Phone. Bid/Contract Documents can also be found on https://www.civcastusa.com/project/65fad36fe35d4d068e294be5/summary PLANS & SPECIFICATIONS may be examined without charge at the ANRA Central Office and at the office of Schaumburg & Polk, Inc. One copy of each set of documents may be obtained from Schaumburg & Polk, Inc., upon payment of $100.00.  No refunds will be made. A Bidder’s Bond, Certified or Cashier’s Check in an amount not less than (5%) of the total bid shall accompany each quote as a guarantee that, if awarded the contract, the Contractor will promptly enter into contract with the Angelina & Neches River Authority. Attention is called to the fact that not less than, the federally determined prevailing (Davis-Bacon and Related Acts) wage rate, as issued by the Texas Department of Rural Affairs, and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees […]
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March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024
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Registration for Neches River Rendezvous Opens March 18th

Registration for the 24th Annual Neches River Rendezvous will open on Monday, March 18th.  The Neches River Rendezvous is a fun and family-friendly 10-mile paddling adventure down the Neches River and will be held on May 18, 2024.  This is the first year that the Angelina & Neches River Authority will host the event.  It was previously hosted by the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce beginning in 1997, and it quickly became a popular annual event, with up to 300 people participating, however, due to Covid-19, weather conditions, and supply chain issues, the event has not been held the past five years. The Rendezvous will be limited to 100 paddlers for the first year that the Authority hosts the event in 2024, but depending on the available supply of vans, trailers, kayaks, and canoe rentals needed for the event to be successful, the Authority hopes to increase the number of participants back to 300 paddlers within the next few years. On the day of the event, paddlers will park at International Paper’s North Boggy Slough Conservation Area and will then be shuttled upriver, where volunteers will assist them in launching their kayaks and canoes in the river.  There will be four staggered launch times to avoid overcrowding.  After a leisurely 3-4 hours paddling the river, paddlers will end their journey at the Highway 7 bridge, next to Hackberry Bunkhouse & Kayak Rentals, where they will be assisted out of the river and then shuttled back to North Boggy Slough, where they can purchase a meal from one of several food trucks that will be on-site.  No experience is needed to participate in the event, however, anyone under the age of 18, must have a legal guardian present.  Since safety is the top priority of the event, life jackets must be […]
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