Good Water Policy Is Necessary for a Sustainable Future

"...Dear Editor, Access to drinkable water seems to be a huge social issue most places..."

May 4, 2008 Postmarks

Then There's This: Water Talk Bubbles Forth

Exploring the unknown future of Austin's water supply

"...which there is increasing uncertainty at this juncture, it's water. Where will it come from? How much will we..."

May 16, 2014 News Column by Amy Smith

Water Management: Swimming in Policy

Governor-appointed committee outlines water policy issues it intends to prioritize

"...Water policy is so complicated and broad in Texas that..."

June 16, 2006 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

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

Council Recap: Water and Housing

Council takes on excessive water bills, "missing middle" in housing

"...meeting related to affordable housing, ground transportation chauffeurs, excessive water bills, and zoning to allow for a Boys and..."

April 8, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

GOP Politics Only at State Water Board

Employee fired for emails about Shea campaign

"...was being terminated from her job with the Texas Water Development Board after six years of employment, allegedly for..."

Dec. 18, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

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

Nature's Water Clinic

Drought Has San Antonio Over a Pump

"...Know some water-loving Californians thinking about moving here? Invite them for a..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Austin Needs a 'Conservation First' Policy With Water

"...a billion dollars (of our money) on a new water treatment plant at the same time the city is..."

June 10, 2008 Postmarks

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

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

Invasion of the Water Snatchers

Pittsburgh Utility Snapping Up Area Companies

"...Swimmers plunge into the cool waters of Jacob's Well near Wimberley. photograph by Robert Bryce..."

April 3, 1998 News Feature by Robert Bryce

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

GOP Politics Only at State Water Board

Politics is off-limits at the state Water Board – unless you're a Republican

"...was being terminated from her job with the Texas Water Development Board after six years of employment, allegedly for..."

Dec. 21, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...to the right-wing Koch Brothers network that drafts "model policy" for member legislators to use as their own at..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Leak No More: Paul Robbins on Austin Water

New report criticizes Austin Water's conservation efforts

"..."Read It and Leak" – deeply critical of city water utility Austin Water's current conservation efforts. Robbins has been..."

May 13, 2011 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

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

Proposed Energy Policy Path to Dirty Future

"...Dear Editor, Energy policy drives economic, environmental, and national security policy. By promoting..."

July 20, 2004 Postmarks

LCRA Treads Water in Dry Times

The LCRA emerged from the 83rd relatively unscathed, but still no one is particularly happy

"...organization charged primarily with the delicate balance of distributing water to a host of central Texas municipalities – including..."

June 14, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

City Hall Hustle: Hell or High Water

WTP4 opposition increasing – and increasingly not on the same page

"...With a monster municipal issue like Water Treatment Plant No. 4, not everyone's going to be..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Column 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

Senate Bill Threatens Local Water Quality Standards

Armbrister attacks Austin's control over the aquifer ... again

"...It still remains the most progressive, and sometimes punitive, water quality policy in the state, and in the intervening..."

May 6, 2005 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Council Preview: Water, TNCs, and Housing

Council wades back into taxi / TNC debate

"...on the dais – will look to mitigate excess water bills, assist middle-income home-buyers, revise electronic campaign finance forms,..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Column on Water Misses Boat

"...Dunbar's latest article scoring environmentalists who are against the water treatment plant has missed several key points [“City Hall..."

Sept. 13, 2011 Postmarks

DIIV on Surviving Capitalism, Being Shoegaze Elders, and Frog in Boiling Water

Indie rockers play new album at Emo’s June 21

"...fourth album suggested a political lean. Frog in Boiling Water references the allegory: While a frog would immediately extricate..."

June 21, 2024 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

That Funky Water ...

The city says the water is just fine, but we're not certain

"...into an activated-carbon treatment program, some city of Austin water still tastes nasty. If you recall, it was right..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Why Splurge on Water and Ignore Solar?

"...the same issue, Katherine Gregor reports that the city's water department is planning to embark on a massive capital..."

Feb. 24, 2009 Postmarks

Water/Wasterwater 101

"...the talk-radio crowd. We mean the minutiae of the Water and Wastewater Commission (WWC) that he finds so objectionable...."

Aug. 20, 1999 News Column

Farm to Table to Policy

Building an appetite for local food

"...session. The conversation included issues such as access to water, licensing and certification roadblocks, the complete lack of recognition..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Katie Walsh

Council: Water Into Whine

With this week's Council late start, what will happen to Citizens Communication?

"...Chris Riley's proposal to formalize the mid-year "budget adjustment" policy – essentially to confine any approval of additional spending..."

April 11, 2014 News Feature by Michael King

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