Point Austin: Beside the Point

Moriarty flings more poo at the city

"...Item 23, to approve $4.2 million for the Downtown Wastewater Tunnel project. Former Austin Clean Water Program director Bill..."

Feb. 3, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

FWS Punts Salamanders to TCEQ

Environmentalists decry shift in enforcement responsibility

"...– in the case of the salamander, that means water pollution, which is difficult to trace back to a..."

Feb. 11, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Our readers talk back.

"...spent my high school days (1979-83) in the pristine waters of Barton Springs and Barton Creek. We skinny-dipped, camped,..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Column

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Everybody talk about: pop music, aquifer protection, police presence, even doggie do and doggie don't.

"...boats, plus a great stair-step design down to the water using granite blocks from the old dam. And the..."

May 18, 2001 Column

Trench Warfare

Federal judge rules for LCRA on the Dripping Springs pipeline project, but the SOS lawsuit proceeds

"...feet below this earth, LCRA is laying a contested water pipeline. When completed, the line will move up to..."

May 11, 2001 News Feature by Rob Curran

No Man's Land

Substandard Conditions Are a Way of Life for Northridge Acres

"...sewage permeating Kenneth Snyder's house and the green stagnant water in the drainage ditch parallel to his yard are..."

June 9, 2000 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Land Mine

public access debate surrounds preservation issue

"...of the land rush for a variety of purposes: water quality protection, endangered species protection, and plain old public..."

March 3, 2000 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Septic Overload?

LCRA Waits in Wings While City Ponders Sewer Service

"...the city of West Lake Hills that would ensure water quality protection without spurring commercial development in the area...."

Aug. 21, 1998 News Column by Jenny Staff

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...May 16 on the TNRCC's new approach to improving water quality. The event begins at 8:30am at UT's Bass..."

May 8, 1998 News Feature

Endorsements

"Smart Growth" Bond Proposals:

"...Prop. 2 (Watershed Land Acquisition): Yes..."

May 1, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Endorsements

"Smart Growth" Bond Proposals:

"...Prop. 2 (Watershed Land Aquisition): Yes..."

April 24, 1998 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Naked City

"...moment too soon. Beal is credited with providing the water lines to all those new subdivisions eating up the..."

Aug. 24, 2007 News Feature

Here a Box, There a Box, Everywhere a Big Box

One Lowe's, two Wal-Marts, and three sets of angry Southside citizens

"..."In order to preserve the quality of life our community is accustomed to, it is..."

Aug. 22, 2003 News Feature by Amy Smith

Can Plum Creek Handle City of Kyle’s Exponential Growth?

Plum dumping

"...is fixing to dump about three times as much wastewater into Plum Creek as it currently does. But the..."

April 14, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Headlines

"...multiyear drought rolls on, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has established an Office of Water, consolidating the existing..."

Dec. 4, 2009 News Feature

Keeping Off the Grass

Don't be a Lance Armstrong! Quit your lawn habit with a little help from xeriscaping.

"...one of two conditions – marginally green and guzzling water or parched, brown, and dead as hell – the..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Curious Development Afoot Over Aquifer

Proposed development in sensitive recharge zone prompts requests for contested case hearing with commission charged with reviewing developer's land application permit

"...Aqui­fer, seeks authorization of 330,480 gallons of treated domestic wastewater per day via surface irrigation of more than 122..."

March 28, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...consent items, zoning cases, and neighborhood plans; hearings on water supply strategies and taco stand regs; and what promises..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

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"...Protect Water Quality..."

April 11, 2003 Column

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"...maintenance costs, and energy consumption and improve indoor air quality, I want to respond because we certainly did consult..."

Aug. 9, 2002 Column

Austin @ Large: Canary in the Data Mine

Profile of the 2002 Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project

"...must be safe to go back into the political water...."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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"...not enough -- week after week of turgid, algae-choked water at the Barton pool for much of the year..."

April 26, 2002 Column

Naked City

Hays County development continues apace, squeezing out rural residents and exacerbating water-use problems.

"...In addition to preserving the water quality of Barton Springs and the rural setting of..."

Aug. 4, 2000 News Feature by Rob D'Amico

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"...basics -- public safety, transportation, flood control, parks, libraries, water, and wastewater. Also, propositions 11&12 would approve the conversion..."

Oct. 30, 1998 Column

Chronicle of a Disappearance

"...images: The proprietor of the Holyland souvenir shop uses water from the tap to fill little bottles of holy..."

Nov. 21, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...purchased by Milburn Homes in 1985, long before Austin's water quality became the issue of the day. And now,..."

May 16, 1997 News Feature

Off the Desk:

"...of the Texas Open Meetings Act, rather than on water quality. Durst says that residents who live near the..."

Sept. 6, 1996 News Feature

Top 10 Environmental Stories

The state dealt with a drought as the city took on some prickly issues

"...for the 600-acre site, with voter-approved bond money for water-quality-protection land acquisitions...."

Jan. 3, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Aquifer Board Seeks to Expand Its Regulatory Reach

Groundwater agency wants to tighten its grip in western Travis County

"...– thanks to rampant Hill Country growth and unregulated groundwater pumping. Currently, the Wild West mindset of "right to..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

Naked City

"...• "From rock climbing to white-water kayaking, I know there are residents who have unique..."

Nov. 16, 2007 News Feature

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