Green Thumbs at WTP4

City, Austin Water relocate native plants

"...of Austin worked collectively with Austin Water Utility and WTP4 developers to facilitate a plant rescue...."

Dec. 13, 2010 News Post by Katie Tomasino

The $360 Million Question: Where to Put WTP4?

City Council is re-re-rethinking WTP4

"...coming from the plant's most active council supporter, signifies WTP4's growing political radioactivity. The delay may cool heated opinions..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

WTP4 Work-Stop Costs Go Under a Microscope

Auditors scrubbing CDM costs estimates on postponing plant construction

"...expenses that could be incurred not directly at the WTP4 site, but as a result of the work stoppage...."

Sept. 2, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

WTP4: Still Bitter Waters

The controversy that won't die

"...drinking, living, fighting fires" and that Tovo's opposition to WTP4 puts "our future water supply at risk."..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Chamber Raises a Glass to WTP4

WTP4 supporters are a who's who collection of business interests

"...plant opened: the emergence of We Want Water, a pro-WTP4 campaign headed by the Austin Chamber of Commerce...."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Council Opponents Concede on WTP4

The city auditor brings the latest numbers on a WTP4 shutdown

"...In late August, WTP4 contractor CDM released work-stoppage estimates that tabulated totals for..."

Sept. 23, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

All Things Budgetary ... and WTP4

The proposed plant dominates budget discussions at the dais

"...proposed budget until 9:15pm. With the projected cost of WTP4 estimated between $500 million (by the city) and $1..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Questioning WTP4, Seriously

"...there is Mayor Leffingwell's "serious" assertion that "to abandon [WTP4] now would be the epitome of fiscal irresponsibility." It..."

Aug. 23, 2010 Postmarks

WTP4: $300 Million in One Gulp?

Council considers handing over remaining Water Treatment Plant No. 4 funds all at once

"...(Item 5). The move stands in contrast to how WTP4 funds have previously been awarded, with smaller contracts for..."

Nov. 19, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

WTP4 Still Running?

More on the controversial waterworks

"...following his successful substitute resolution Thursday delaying construction of WTP4 at the headwaters of Bull Creek for a year...."

Aug. 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

No Surprises in City's Answer to WTP4 Suit

Water plant controversy keeps on churning

"...Policy Act and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code. WTP4's proposed transmission lines cross, in part, the Balcones Canyonlands..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

WTP4 Redux

Has the tide finally turned on the troubled plant?

"...who, you may ask, postponed the hearing on SOS's WTP4 appeal from late August into October – in the..."

Aug. 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

WTP4: Running on Overruns?

Austin Water wants more money for WTP4

"...– to put the long-running political nightmare that is WTP4 to bed...."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Bashing Opponents of WTP4 Is Wrong

"...between Austin and the national political landscape, he compared WTP4 opponents to the tea party, who oppose stimulus spending..."

Aug. 2, 2011 Postmarks

Place 3 War of Words: Historic Zoning, WTP4

Shade and Tovo battle over zoning and water

"...effect on Lake Travis, is one of the reasons WTP4 opponents cite for objecting to the plant.) Shade adds..."

June 10, 2011 News Feature

Environmental Leaders Against WTP4

"...out of the bag.” The letter goes on that WTP4 is predicated on "old technology requiring more land," rendering..."

Dec. 5, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

WTP4: What's $15 Million Among Friends?

One expects Council will be more vigilant the next time around

Dec. 14, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

WTP4 Stoppage Estimate Postponed

Asst. City Manager promises numbers by next week

"...with the preparation of the independent cost analysis of WTP4 construction suspension per Resolution No. 20110728-110...."

Aug. 18, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

WTP4: Council Takes a Swig

No more piecemeal votes on funding for Water Treatment Plant No. 4

"...Despite the funding approval, one more big WTP4 debate looms before year's end; at the meeting, council..."

Nov. 26, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Council Flushes WTP4; Water Plant Iced for Year (Updated)

Looks like the controversial water plant is circling the drain.

"...Hard to believe, but for now, it looks like WTP4 is dead. UPDATE: Here's the complete text of Leffigwell's..."

Aug. 9, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Cortaña Out as WTP4 Site

City now up Bull Creek (with a paddle, hopefully)

"...the city has dumped Cortaña and plans on building WTP4 at Bull Creek, it seems unlikely that hearing will..."

Jan. 11, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Test Need for WTP4

Aug. 30, 2010 Postmarks

Do We Need WTP4?

Dec. 13, 2006 News Post by Wells Dunbar

To the Lighthouse

After 20 years, WTP4 returns to a still unanswered question: Do we need it?

"...That sudden anticlimax ended the city's quest to build WTP4 on some 40 acres in the Cortaña tract, within..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Hell or High Water

WTP4 opposition increasing – and increasingly not on the same page

"...The Save Our Springs Alliance has filed one WTP4-related lawsuit, while another waits in the wings. SOS, joined..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Water, Water Everywhere ... and Nowhere

Council splits on WTP4 audit, possible shutdown

"...around Aug. 18, Leffingwell wrangled a ballpark figure from WTP4 contractor CDM, whose Steve Link said it would cost..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Cole on Water

The mayor pro tem considers WTP4, transparency, and necessity

"...the cost of boosted water reclamation (which should please WTP4 opponents) while waiting for the estimate of plant stoppage..."

Aug. 12, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Water Seeks Its Level

A timeline for WTP4

"...City purchases 240-acre Bull Creek site for construction of WTP4..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

Then There's This: Water for Sale

WTP4 has to pay for itself, by hook or by crook

"...tell the City Council how the albatross known as WTP4 is economically and environmentally flawed, and how it will..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Beside the Point: Trust Us, We're the Water Utility

AWU's vows to deliver on WTP4 and conservation just don't wash

"...– say no. They argue that not only will WTP4 prevent us from certain doom in terms of water..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Column by Nora Ankrum

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