BULK WATER Services for Carlsbad, TX

Doral Renewables' Cold Creek Solar and Storage project, a 430-megawatt solar and 340-megawatt-hour BESS facility backed by nearly $900 million in committed financing with Bechtel as EPC contractor, spans Tom Green and Schleicher counties with over 500 peak construction jobs and commercial operation targeting summer 2028, placing Carlsbad on US 277 in southern Tom Green County at the closest incorporated community to the point where the Cold Creek construction footprint crosses the county line into Schleicher County. Carlsbad's position on the US 277 corridor between San Angelo and Eldorado also places it directly on the access route connecting the Cold Creek southern construction zone to the Apex Clean Energy Big Trail program spanning Schleicher, Sutton, Kimble, and Menard counties, meaning two named major construction programs converge on the same rural highway corridor that runs through Carlsbad during overlapping build windows through 2028. Over 850,000 solar modules, BESS civil pads, substation foundations, and crew support across the dual-county Cold Creek footprint require bulk water that Tom Green County's rural utility infrastructure does not reach at active construction locations south of San Angelo. Contractors staging into the Cold Creek southern spread or the adjacent Big Trail footprint without pre-confirmed water arrangements will find sourcing already committed across a corridor where Carlsbad is the only services community between San Angelo and Eldorado on US 277. Water Runner provides TCEQ-licensed bulk water delivery with the Central West Texas fleet capacity to serve Carlsbad-area solar and energy infrastructure construction from first mobilization through commercial operation.