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Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project Could Mitigate Effects of Climate Change
Council approves phase 1 of project that could store 60,000 acre-feet of water underground by 2040
"...On Aug. 27, City Council approved Austin Water's contract with an engineering firm to set into motion..."

Sept. 11, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning
Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope
"...conviction that things are seriously awry in the city's development review process...."

Feb. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Huffman Heads Out!
Assistant City Manager Laura Huffman leaves to head Nature Conservancy of Texas
"...city to become director of The Nature Conservancy of Texas. Hers is the second high-profile departure from the city..."

May 1, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Did SOS Matter?
The battle for Barton Springs has been a struggle over the soul of the city.
"...City Hall is being battered and bruised over expanded development in the Barton Creek watershed, and water quality in..."

Aug. 9, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Not Clucking Around
East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.
"...There is no doubt that East Texas chicken magnate Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim is flying in style...."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Naked City
T.J. Higginbotham, a landowner in Hays County, wants to drill a well to produce 50 million gallons a year, reportedly to serve two proposed subdivisions in Dripping Springs, but Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District board members aren’t biting.
"...residents continue to vent their anger over a proposed water well that they fear would serve new development, and..."

June 23, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

Land Rush
The Early Days
"...and early 1970s, when the idea of a downtown waterfront civic complex began to coalesce, there were no skyscrapers..."

Dec. 11, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Be It Flood or Fire, Austin Is Preparing for Disasters to Come
Austin residents must be prepared for hell or high water
"...but when, an out-of-control, California-sized wildfire could ravage Central Texas...."

May 27, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Council Recap: Melting Snow Everywhere, And Not A Drop to Drink
As water crisis continues, City Hall tries to expedite storm recovery
"...With hundreds, possibly thousands of Austin residents still without water, and others struggling to repair damage from last week’s..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Environment: Hydrocarbon Rules
Fallout from the 84th Texas legislative session
"...and economically vibrant communities" produced by the state's responsible development of oil and gas resources, the statute goes on..."

June 5, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Fighting for Justicia
Workers Defense Project celebrates 10 years on the front lines of Texas labor
"...was fresh out of college at the Univer­si­ty of Texas, where she had earned a degree in Latin American..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Unforeseen
Executive-produced by Robert Redford and Terrence Malick, Dunn's award-winning documentary looks at the history of Barton Springs, Gary Bradley's role in development issues, and the relationship of Austin's environmental activism to the world at large.
"...a battle was raging for the soul of Austin, Texas. In one corner, weighing 100 pounds soaking wet and..."

March 28, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Naked City
Alliance for a Clean Texas says lawmakers can create one
"...The Alliance for a Clean Texas, a broad statewide environmental coalition, met Tuesday at the..."

Jan. 21, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

EPA Raises Questions About Dripping Springs Wastewater
Opinions differ on Onion Creek water standards
"...yet dodge the bullet – more precisely, the treated wastewater discharge requested by the city of Dripping Springs as..."

Dec. 16, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Public Notice: Chaos Reigns!
City needs your help now!
"...Drought sharply focuses community attention on the importance of water conservation, but what steps can water providers take to..."

Jan. 29, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

LCRA Close To Capping Utility Sales
River Authority moves to begin unloading water/wastewater utilities
"...colleagues that the LCRA should sell some 30 municipal water and wastewaster utilities to a coalition of regional municipalities..."

Nov. 25, 2011 News Feature by Mike Kanin

'Shoddy' and 'Rushed'
Spicewood neighbors blast WTP4 water line plan
"...While Water Treatment Plant No. 4 construction continues as long as..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Elon Musk's Boring Co. Slapped With More Environmental Violations
We Musk ask you to follow the law
"...completion, plagued by pesky environmental laws like the Clean Water Act. Two weeks ago the Texas Commission on Environmental..."

Oct. 13, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

What Is Going On With Ken Paxton and Nate Paul?
What we know – and don't know – about the strange connection between the embattled Austin real estate magnate and the Texas attorney general
"...the much bigger, but also really odd, story of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a frequent character in the..."

Jan. 8, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Who Is Jesus?
It's Judgment Day for Austin's City Manager
"...as the way staff attempted to ram the Austin Redevelopment Authority's Slum and Blight Study down the council's throat..."

Sept. 12, 1997 News Feature by Audrey Duff

Then There's This: Aquifer Angst
Will the city poop out on its fight to block a wastewater permit?
"...contested case hearing set for Nov. 14 at the Texas Commission on Envi­ron­mental Quality...."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Green Thumbs at WTP4
City, Austin Water relocate native plants
"...As construction on Water Treatment Plant No.4 is underway and land is being..."

Dec. 13, 2010 News Post by Katie Tomasino

Envision Next Session
Having lost its two big battles at the Lege, Envision Central Texas retrenches to win the war
"...Aug. 31 legislative recap luncheon hosted by Envision Central Texas, a nonprofit that advocates for regional growth planning...."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

RG4N Questions City's Legal Wisdom
Anti-Wal-Mart group wants to know why city hired outside legal staff in Northcross case.
"...Scott, Douglass & McConnico, LLP for legal counsel concerning development at Northcross Mall. The total contract amount is currently..."

Feb. 21, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: The Lege v. Austin
The Austin-bashing bills are not just about water – also property, power, and democracy
"...community organizations that have anything to do with protecting water quality – especially if they hail from Austin...."

May 27, 2005 News Column by Michael King

TDH: 8/15/11
Council acquiring open space, moving dirt on Waller Creek Tunnel
"...With payday lending regulation and a Water Treatment Plant No. 4 item at City Council’s meeting..."

Aug. 15, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 6/23/10
Who is in control here?
"...in anticipation of tomorrow's meeting: emerging opposition to the development agreement for Austin Energy's Control Center, and the release..."

June 23, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Ye Olde Can-Do Spirit
Libraries Branch Out
"...new Town Lake civic center and $58 million in water-wastewater bonds. Garza Gets a Raise..."

Feb. 12, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff

Multicultural Refugee Coalition Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Roots in Austin
Texas transplants find space to grow
"...This historic farmland in the freedmen's town of Littig, Texas – a small, eastern Travis County community established in..."

Oct. 11, 2019 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

The Daily Hustle: 9/21/10
What's on the council agenda?
"...including new regulations for mobile food vendors, funding for development studies, controversial zoning cases and more...."

Sept. 21, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

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