The hefty sewage spill that caused a precautionary closure of Barton Springs Sunday evening appears to also have had deeper consequences. On Monday morning, the Austin Water Utility issued a release that advised “(A)rea residents in Sunset Valley and those who receive their drinking water from a private well (should) boil all drinking water until the water can be tested.” Dr. Phillip Hwang, the Medical Director for the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department told In Fact Daily that there is “some concern that the leak had spilled over into the aquifer.”
Sunset Valley residents on wells advised to boil water
