by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Water Quality, Water Resources
“Would you want your kids in that river the way it is?” “The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality sited the Liberty Hill water treatment plant for six different violations, including failure to keep sewage from getting into the San Gabriel...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Water Quality
A new report by Environment Texas Research and Policy Center reveals that many of Austin’s creeks and streams tested for high levels of bacteria in 2017. According to the report, 46 freshwater sites around Austin had levels of bacteria indicating levels of fecal...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Public Lands, Water Quality, Water Resources
In early May, San Pedro Creek Culture Park opened with an outdoor festival that marked the transformation of a former concrete-lined channel to a public space with murals and fountains. Visitors, including children, splashed in the creek in the new Plaza de Fundación,...
by admin | Sep 5, 2018 | News, Regional Planning, Water Quality, Water Resources
A consultant in a planned subdivision has responded to concerns about a permit under review that would allow the discharge of treated sewage from the development upstream of Honey Creek, one of the most pristine waterways left in the Hill Country north of San Antonio....
by Karen Ford | Aug 29, 2018 | Drought, News, Water Conservation
Water restrictions are in effect starting Monday in Austin, the first time in two years Austin Water has cut back the number of hours residents can water their lawns. Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan have dipped below a combined 1.4 million feet of water, triggering the...
by Karen Ford | Aug 29, 2018 | Water Planning
On Aug. 24, 2017, we all watched the radar screen on the news as the storm gained energy in the Gulf of Mexico and began making its way toward the Texas coast. No one understood the unprecedented rainfall that was about to hit portions of Texas and Louisiana over the...
