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Sept. 13, 2011 Postmarks
How to Keep Water in Central Texas
Long-range planning tries to cover multiple bases, but some say environment is left out
"...to Central Texas, and with them more lawns to water, SUVs to scrub, and toilets to flush. As the..."
Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May
Invasion of the Water Snatchers
Pittsburgh Utility Snapping Up Area Companies
"...Swimmers plunge into the cool waters of Jacob's Well near Wimberley. photograph by Robert Bryce..."
April 3, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce
Anger at Water Plant Plan Boils Over
City planners and residents at odds over future use of Guerrero Park
"...opposed to city plans for a 30-acre, $227 million water treatment plant in the Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River..."
April 21, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
City Hall Hustle: Cole on Water
The mayor pro tem considers WTP4, transparency, and necessity
"...was rhapsodizing about that perennial nexus of Austin politics, Water Treatment Plant No. 4. (Spoiler alert: Where do you..."
Aug. 12, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar
In Wake of Flooding, Hays Water Victory Bittersweet
Last-minute reversal revives groundwater protection bill
"...Surviving attacks from outside the region, Hays County water advocates were victorious in the last hours of the..."
June 12, 2015 News Feature by Vicki Wolf
Texas Conservation Corps: Dove Springs Flood, 2013
November 27, 2013. 18 photos.
"...filled work orders for homes damaged by the flood waters. Door frames and other pieces of wreckage sit outside..."
Nov. 27, 2013 Photo Gallery
More Subdivision Water Worries
Pedernales Canyon Trail homeowners worry cluster of
new homes next to their upscale community will literally
suck the groundwater out from under them
"...their upscale community is literally going to suck the groundwater out from under them...."
June 15, 2007 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves
These Anti-Trans, Border, and Water Bills Gained Steam This Week
Making moves in the Lege this week ...
"...to the next level. – Benton Graham Does Sweeping Senate Water Supply Bill Hold Its Own?..."
March 24, 2023 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
UT Research Reinforces Anti-Racism at Austin Water
Making equity flow
"...one Austin city department, they're taking concrete steps. Austin Water is using research from a UT-Austin School of Architecture..."
Oct. 30, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Opinion: LCRA’s Water Marketing Ambitions Could Lower the Colorado River Below Austin
Environmental activist Rusty Middleton raises concerns over a groundwater pumping plan
"...a permit it is seeking from the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) plans..."
Feb. 21, 2020 Column by Rusty Middleton
Point Austin: Water, Water (Plant) Everywhere
The arguments over WTP4 have petrified
"...odder quirks of the still festering debate over the Water Treatment Plant No. 4 project – now well under..."
Sept. 3, 2010 News Column by Michael King
"Water, Water Everywhere..."
"...is it safe to drink? Ever since drinking tap water contaminated with the parasite cryptosporidium caused illness and even..."
Aug. 2, 1996 Column
Water: Rising to the Surface
"...the state would manage the challenges of a diminishing water supply in a region that's projected to grow drier..."
Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Amy Smith
On the Water Front
Austin Water Utility and EPA announce new labeling program for high-efficiency products
"...In other efficiency news, the Austin Water Utility joined the EPA in announcing a new labeling..."
June 16, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Is Your Water Running ... Pink?
Dye study confirms Onion Creek as aquifer recharge source
"...press release featuring a bathtub full of bright pink water – alas, not a bathtub cocktail – Dripping Springs..."
Feb. 2, 2018 News Feature by Michael King
Don't Lose the Lake for the Water
"...Dear Editor, After reading the “Dumping the Water Pump” [News, Feb. 20] article by Katherine Gregor, I..."
Feb. 23, 2009 Postmarks
Water Ethics and Fatal Narcissism
"...happened that I was launching a series entitled "The Conservation Chronicles," and the news had just come out about..."
Nov. 19, 2013 Postmarks
Local Conservation Programs Get Big Bucks
"...Two local conservation programs will get six-figure boosts from the federal government..."
July 3, 2007 News Post by Justin Ward
Don't Drink the Water
While pursuing her masters in film at UT, Laura Dunn spent every semester break in Louisiana making Green, a documentary about the toxic 100-mile stretch along the Mississippi River known as Cancer Alley. The film screens at the Alamo Drafthouse this Sunday.
"...upcoming legislative battle to reform the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission."..."
Dec. 15, 2000 Screens Feature by Peter Debruge
Lee Leffingwell Makes a Splash
Council member named Conservationist of the Year
"...will get you the Texas chapter of the American Water Works Association's Conservationist of the Year title. Granted, retrofitting..."
April 10, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
WTP4 Still Running?
More on the controversial waterworks
"...Had we spoke too soon Thursday in proclaiming Water Treatment Plant No. 4 dead as the salamanders it..."
Aug. 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
The Daily Hustle: 5/11/10
City Council highlights this Thursday
"...Thursday, facing an assortment of intriguing action items including water conservation, urban rail and our potential transportation bond election...."
May 11, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Becoming Drought Tolerant
Central Texas looks for ways to balance population growth with future water supplies
"...It Never Rained, author Elmer Kelton recalled, "Ranchers watched waterholes recede to brown puddles of mud that their livestock..."
Aug. 29, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen
Before the Well Runs Dry
The city moves toward conservation, but is it moving fast enough?
"...be tapped to do public service announcements about saving water. In a current radio and TV ad – which..."
Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Council Watch
Local activists keep raising questions about the proposed water deal between the city and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
"...to move on the proposed Lower Colorado River Authority water pact, and guess what: the deal that some people..."
Sept. 24, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson
Drought? What Drought?
Just because we have a huge water supply doesn't mean we have to use it
"...Tuesday, Sept. 6, Austin moves to mandatory Stage 2 water restrictions, meaning nonessential water usage, like lawn-watering, will be..."
Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith
Point, Counterpoint
The debate over WTP4 goes to a public forum
"...Should Austin build a new water treatment plant to ensure the city's future water needs,..."
Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum
Going by the Rules
A New Water Plan Avoids an Old Problem
"...Potter Lt. Gov. Bob Bullock was talking tough on water. "Forty years ago, the predecessor to the Texas Water..."
Jan. 31, 1997 News Column by Louisa C. Brinsmade
A Liquid Proposition
Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands are few and far between: can they do the job they are meant to do?
"...land recently purchased by the city to help preserve water quality and quantity in Barton Creek, Conrad's caution extends..."
