WTP 4: Home for the Holidays

Road to decades-delayed Water Treatment Plant No. 4 may be coming to amicable end

"...Believe it or not, the road to decades-delayed Water Treatment Plant No. 4..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Austin Water: The High Cost of Saving

Proposed water conservation measures come with a price tag

"...You have to feel for Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros. With several water-saving proposals he delivered..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

City Hall Hustle: Water on the Brain

Council wades into the conservation wetlands

"...Austin Water Utility Director Greg Meszaros, there to deliver an update..."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

County Doesn't Blink on City's WTP 4 Challenge

City dangles Bull Creek in front of bulldozers, but county won't take the bait

"...the Travis Co. Commissioners Court, the city's plans for Water Treatment Plant No. 4 are anyone's guess. Last Wednesday,..."

Oct. 13, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Say 'No' to Water Plant

"...publisher Nick Barbaro [“Page Three,” Aug. 27] and reporter Nora Ankrum [“No Surprises in City's Answer to WTP4 Suit,”..."

Sept. 1, 2010 Postmarks

Where Does All That Water Go?

"...Bill Bunch [“Postmarks,” June 10] that we don’t need Water Treatment Plant No. 4. However, let’s just suspend rational..."

June 13, 2011 Postmarks

With Water Like Energy, Conservation Is the Only Way

"...recognizing the city’s move of the proposed $500 million Water Treatment Plant No. 4 out of the Bull Creek..."

Jan. 8, 2008 Postmarks

Pressure Rising at the Water Utility

One manager forced out, another accused of harassment ... who's watching the valves?

"...April 6, Perwez Moheet, deputy director of the Austin Water Utility, announced his retirement. It wasn't exactly a shock,..."

May 7, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Auditor's Report: Staff misled city board on water plant site

"...Water Treatment Plant No. 4's long, strange trip from proposal..."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Stop WTP 4; Protect Lake Travis

"...Dear Editor, Re: “Dumping the Water Pump” [News, Feb. 20], on the impact of water..."

Feb. 23, 2009 Postmarks

Leffingwell Has Failed To Lead on Water

"...campaign leads with the incumbent’s claims that he supported water conservation and the “expansion” of the Save Our Springs..."

April 17, 2012 Postmarks

Austin Shouldn't Make Water Too Cheap

"...Dear Editor, Water Treatment Plant No. 4 is for the newcomers, the..."

Feb. 24, 2009 Postmarks

The Totally Awesome AusChron Newscast Is in Treatment

WTP4, City Council, and cocaine

"...Water Treatment Plant No. 4, that is, as we coalesce..."

Aug. 19, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Water Use Goals a Joke

"...Member Lee Leffingwell has been a “strong advocate for water conservation” and point to Leffingwell’s “green bona fides” as..."

March 25, 2008 Postmarks

Cool City: Water Utility Flows Green

Daryl Slusher hops from Austin Energy to Austin Water Utility to serve as first assistant director of environmental affairs and conservation

"...Can the Austin Water Utility – like its sister utility, Austin Energy –..."

May 25, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

No Surprises: City snafu over WTP 4 continues

Auditor's report raises questions about city's site-selection process for new water treatment plant

"...an auditor's report on the controversial site-selection history behind Water Treatment Plant 4. The report, on "Allegations of Integrity..."

Nov. 10, 2006 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Anger at Water Plant Plan Boils Over

City planners and residents at odds over future use of Guerrero Park

"...opposed to city plans for a 30-acre, $227 million water treatment plant in the Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Land for Water

The city is asking voters to send more money to a little-known program that protects Barton Springs

"...this small cave. Thuesen, a land manager for Austin Water Utility who loves to tell jokes and talk hydrology,..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

No Wastewater in the Lake, Please

Austin area officials oppose discharging treated wastewater into Lake Travis

"...Granite Shoals to lift the ban on discharging treated wastewater into the Highland Lakes. The two cities filed the..."

Nov. 20, 2009 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point, Counterpoint

The debate over WTP4 goes to a public forum

"...Should Austin build a new water treatment plant to ensure the city's future water needs,..."

Sept. 18, 2009 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

TDH: 7/25/11

Plastic bag ban, Water Treatment Plant 4 come to council

"...Plastic bag ban? Water Treatment Plant No. 4 revolt? The Hustle tried to..."

July 25, 2011 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 6/10/10 (Updated x 2)

Water Treatment Plant No. 4 dominates low impact agenda

"...It's 2pm – do you know where your City Council is?..."

June 10, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 11/18/10 (Update)

City Council meets today

"...long and short of it is the $300 million Water Treatment Plant No. 4 appropriation passed, as did the..."

Nov. 18, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

WTP4 Still Running?

More on the controversial waterworks

"...Had we spoke too soon Thursday in proclaiming Water Treatment Plant No. 4 dead as the salamanders it..."

Aug. 13, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 9/15/10

Spelman waxes on WTP4, rate increases

"...adoption we touched on in our live-blog was Austin Water's rate increases and Bill Spelman's failed motion to roll..."

Sept. 15, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 8/30/10

Water (Treatment Plant) Torture

"...on the city budget and rate hikes at Austin Water turned into a one hell of a fun time..."

Aug. 30, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Before the Well Runs Dry

The city moves toward conservation, but is it moving fast enough?

"...fide honky-tonk hero be tapped to do public service announcements about saving water. In a current radio and TV..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Then There's This: The Irony of Conservation

Austin's water-saving habits will delay need for WTP4

"...Austin Water Utility Director Greg Meszar­os dreams of a day when..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

'Shoddy' and 'Rushed'

Spicewood neighbors blast WTP4 water line plan

"...While Water Treatment Plant No. 4 construction continues as long as..."

July 9, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Beside the Point: All Grown Up

How Water Treatment Plant No.4 got where it is today

"...Point" is celebrating an anniversary this week. When our honoree sprang to life in the 1980s, there was nothing..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Column by Wells Dunbar

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