Saying the city needed to act to secure a new, long-term source of water, the San Antonio City Council voted Thursday to approve a $3.4 billion project to build a pipeline to deliver an estimated 16 billion gallons of water each year from the Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in Burleson County. The flow from the 142-mile pipeline […]
Austin Water Resource Planning Task Force
This task force was established to provide guidance about increasing water scarcity in Central Texas. The Austin City Council adopted many of their recommendations on August 7, 2014.
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Task force hears water options, some likely unpalatable
With lake levels dropping and no end in sight for the current drought, Austin Water Utility officials are putting some creative strategies on the table designed to add to and maximize the city’s water supplies. It seems likely that the utility will have to utilize some of them, with cost being a major consideration. […]