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Crashing the Green Water Treatment Plant Proposal Party
"...hear from the five proposing master developers for the Green Water Treat­ment Plant (and Austin Energy) site. Each team..."

May 16, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Water Treatment Plant No. 4 Is a Colossal Waste of Money
"...Dear Editor, While Katherine Gregor’s article [“Dumping the Water Pump,” News, Feb. 20] on Austin’s proposed $500 million..."

Feb. 24, 2009 Postmarks

Conservation Instead of a New Water Treatment Plant
"...Dear Editor, In your water article last week [“Dumping the Water Pump,” News, Feb...."

Feb. 23, 2009 Postmarks

News Roundup: Water Flows Downhill
WTP 4 opens, ACLU sues Obama, and Brown awaits his fate
"...The still-debated Water Treatment Plant No. 4 opened, the ACLU sued the..."

Dec. 22, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

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

City Hall Hustle: The Magic Water Bullet
What water do we need, and when do we need it?
"...If the recent City Council presentation on the conspiracy-steeped Water Treatment Plant No. 4 was the municipal equivalent of..."

July 31, 2009 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Water, Water (Plant) Everywhere
The arguments over WTP4 have petrified
"...odder quirks of the still festering debate over the Water Treatment Plant No. 4 project – now well under..."

Sept. 3, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Dumping the Water Pump
Should Austin's conservation success forestall WTP 4?
"...Somehow Austin just can't stop fighting over Water Treatment Plant No. 4...."

Feb. 20, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Water Fall
Between Austin Water's conservation goals and its execution ... lies a shadow
"...know him would surely guess – working on his water report: a critical analysis, characteristically unsparing in detail, of..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Green With Ambition
Why we need a master developer – not a project developer – to mastermind Seaholm East
"...five redevelopment teams wooing City Council to win the Green Water Treatment Plant job, many viewers were excited, even..."

May 30, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Then There's This: Green Is as Green Does
Robbins' latest 'Directory' follows the flows of water – and power
"...It's not surprising that water would be the dominant talking point of Paul Robbins'..."

Aug. 2, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

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

Water Seeks Its Level
A timeline for WTP4
"...apparently sudden and controversial emergence last year, in fact, Water Treatment Plant No. 4 has a long, contentious history,..."

Feb. 23, 2007 News Feature

Seaholm and Green District: Changes Afoot
Proposed and favored location for new central library is current Seaholm substa­tion site
"...flanked to the west by the redeveloped Seaholm Power Plant site and to the east by a four-block, high-rise..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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

Green Thumbs at WTP4
City, Austin Water relocate native plants
"...As construction on Water Treatment Plant No.4 is underway and land is being..."

Dec. 13, 2010 News Post by Katie Tomasino

Dispute Over Percentage of City's Drinking Water
"...Springs ... contributes about 1% of the city's drinking water.” Developers' allies propagated this erroneous claim many years ago...."

Jan. 5, 2006 Postmarks

Green Vs. Greenbacks: What about affordable housing?
What city will do with affordable housing funds generated by treatment plant's redevelopment still up in air
"...Will the redevelopment of Green Water Treatment Plant Downtown include an aggressive push by..."

Dec. 21, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Council: Green WTP Redevelopment, and a Few Other Things
APA secures a three-year lease at Town Lake Animal Center
"...June 14) effectively by the evening debate over the Green Water Treatment Plant redevelopment plan, which took up several..."

June 1, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Then There's This: Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You
More questions than answers in Green Water Treatment Plant deal
"...state of confusion over the proposal to redevelop the Green Water Treat­ment Plant site. Paup is vice chair of..."

April 20, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Delay of Game for Green
Council wants to redevelop Green Water Treatment Plant – but they'll have to wait.
"...morning was spent discussing the city's decommission of the Green Water Treatment Plant Downtown, proposed future site of the..."

May 24, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Green Deal: Highs and Lows
Council goes all the way with Trammell Crow
"...several years to transform the old site of the Green Water Treatment Plant into a $500 million development of..."

May 25, 2012 News Post by Amy Smith

Ending the Water War
What if enviros and the city partnered on water conservation?
"...Stacked neatly at the Austin Water Utility are boxes and boxes of brochures about water..."

Sept. 11, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Point Austin: More Water Under the Bridge
Reading the political currents flowing through WTP4
"...hands, there was an undeniably surreal aspect to the Water Treatment Plant No. 4 debate last Thursday night at..."

Sept. 25, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Austin Water Utility Progress
Cutting greenhouse-gas emissions
"...Every gallon of water used, treated, and pumped in Austin means energy get..."

June 19, 2009 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Beside the Point: Trust Us, We're the Water Utility
AWU's vows to deliver on WTP4 and conservation just don't wash
"...that would begin excavation of a pump station for Water Treatment Plant No. 4. The vote marks a crucial..."

Oct. 23, 2009 News Column by Nora Ankrum

City Hall Hustle: Water, Water Everywhere ... and Nowhere
Council splits on WTP4 audit, possible shutdown
"...of "Notices to Proceed" for any new construction at Water Treatment Plant No. 4 until City Council is presented..."

Aug. 5, 2011 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Then There's This: Water for Sale
WTP4 has to pay for itself, by hook or by crook
"...minority" of people who questioned the wisdom of building Water Treatment Plant No. 4, you must be feeling somewhat..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Column by Amy Smith

Green Thoughts in a Green Shade
Adler and Martinez debate enviro records and policies
"...in the Dec. 11 meeting, especially on the contentious water issue, before he’ll make a decision. He acknowledged the..."

Dec. 5, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Say 'No' to Water Plant
"...covering the “billion dollar mistake on the lake,” aka Water Treatment Plant No. 4, and citizen efforts to stop..."

Sept. 1, 2010 Postmarks

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