New Watershed Protection report highlights reduction of flooding, erosion and water pollution
Friday, January 19, 2024 by Beth Bond
The Watershed Protection Department’s 2023 annual report is out now, covering efforts to reduce the impact of flooding, erosion and water pollution – with some super local explainers included. Here’s an overview:
- Crews cleaned 76,748 feet of storm drain pipeline (the distance you’d drive from the Broken Spoke to the Domain) and installed or replaced 10,131 feet of storm drain infrastructure (the length of 33 UT Towers).
- Crews stabilized 7,174 feet of unstable stream channel, equivalent to about 191 MetroBuses lined up end to end.
- The Liberty Park Water Quality Pond Retrofits project prevented 7,900 pounds of pollution from entering the Barton Creek watershed – nearly the same weight as 253,000 Mexican free-tailed bats.
The full report is available at austintexas.gov/watershed/2023.
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