The LCRA Moves to Turn on the Tap

Future of Hill Country waits on Authority's decisions on water plan

"...We've all heard the arguments against expanding water utility service to environmentally sensitive areas west and southwest..."

Dec. 3, 2004 News Feature by Amy Smith

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"...stay out of wars, drink or swim in clean water, etc...."

Feb. 28, 2003 Column

Drought Conditions, Meet Rainwater Tanks

Collecting rain prevents pollution and reduces flood risk

"...When Ron Van Sickle founded his rainwater harvesting tank company Cqure Water more than a decade..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Emily Engelbart

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"...we cannot even calculate, not like the poorly run water resources system that threatens water supplies and fosters chronic..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

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"...have checked the facts (www.pulitzer.org) before wading into journalistic waters so mysterious to him...."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column

Mercury, Cadmium, Arsenic, Grease ...

The Fish & Wildlife Service faults the EPA for failing to protect the Barton Springs Watershed.

"...Alliance sought stiffer development regulations in the Barton Springs watershed, while the Texas Capital Area Builders Association wanted the..."

Aug. 3, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

As Wastewater Plants Fail, TCEQ Fails to Regulate

Local conservationists seek to boost "beneficial reuse"

"...Association released a "Hill Country Sewage Scorecard" grading local wastewater treatment plants on their pollution contributions to local lakes..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Concrete Mix Plant Vexes Southwest Neighbors

Residents concerned over safety, noise, and pollution

"...authorities to address their concerns about safety, noise, and pollution. The neighbors organized in the Signal Hill Area Alliance..."

June 14, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

The De-Railers

RR Commission Challengers Say the Office Is Off-Track

"...time to throw the baby out with the bath water. (The Chronicle received no response to repeated requests for..."

Nov. 1, 1996 News Feature by Karl Pallmeyer

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• In yet another low-water mark for Austin's institutional politics, Capital Metro threatened to..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature

Money's Green, Too

The Nature Conservancy & Big Bidness Makes Cents

"...under criticism for allegedly dumping toxins directly into the water supply along the border with Mexico. In a well-publicized..."

Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature

Not Clucking Around

East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

"...about the environment, and that his long record of pollution violations proves that...."

Nov. 3, 2000 News Feature by Robert Bryce

A Nature-Based Solution

"...after work, until I learned that 50% of Austin’s waterways are unsafe for swimming due to fecal bacteria. A..."

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"...of informing Austinites that we are paying for more pollution through the seemingly endless amount of money allocated for..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Column

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Pagan Cheer

"...The State of Texas' air and water pollution permitting agency (the TNRCC, or "Ton of Rock")..."

Jan. 3, 1997 Column

Censorship 101

"...the tails of cats, little boys filling condoms with water for ammunition... I'd be very surprised if the "Guys"..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

Hitting the Trails

City Trails Vision Provokes Suburban Wrath

"...typically use about one-third of available space, says Flink. Water pollution, flooding, and erosion caused by rainwater runoff from..."

Nov. 15, 1996 News Feature

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Off the Desk:

"...needed is $35 million for improvements to the Ullrich Water treatment plant, which is nearing capacity, and threatening to..."

Feb. 21, 1997 News Feature

Before the Well Runs Dry

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

"...be tapped to do public service announcements about saving water. In a current radio and TV ad – which..."

Aug. 22, 2008 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

How Much of the Colorado Should We Leave Up to Elon Musk’s Discretion?

Tesla uses a massive amount of water while the Boring Co. attempts to dump its wastewater into the river

"...the deal with Tesla aren't sure exactly how much water the factory is using or will use, despite repeated..."

Aug. 11, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

What’s the Deal With Styrofoam Cups and Plastic Drinking Straws?

Zero Waste Advisory Commission encourages Austinites to take small steps to reduce pollution

"...in what many hope to be a string of pollution-reducing actions by restaurants...."

June 29, 2018 Food Feature by Nina Hernandez

By the Numbers

The Green Line

"...sales, development revenue and franchises, capital improvement projects budgets (water/wastewater, roadways, airport), other fees, private-sector contributions..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

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"...smelter, ASARCO has left a legacy of unremediated toxic pollution – not just on the Texas/Mexico border, but in..."

March 7, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Enviro groups call for more, not fewer, limits on power plant emissions

"...for Social Responsibility, released Reel Danger: Power Plant Mercury Pollution and the Fish We Eat...."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

The Hightower Lowdown

Questionable capitalist claims; and the EPA's deal with hog farmers stinks.

"...the Environmental Protection Agency about the sickening air and water pollution coming from the massive, corporate hog factories that..."

Sept. 19, 2003 News Column by Jim Hightower

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"...to get worse -- along with our air and water pollution -- if these policies continue...."

Feb. 22, 2002 Column

A Liquid Proposition

Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands are few and far between: can they do the job they are meant to do?

"...land recently purchased by the city to help preserve water quality and quantity in Barton Creek, Conrad's caution extends..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Dan Oko

A Dam Shame

Trout fishing group and recreational users oppose Guadalupe Blanco River Authority's plan to sell water to growing communities.

"...beauty of conjuring handsome and fierce trout from crystal waters. In Central Texas, where there is but one fishery..."

Nov. 12, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

A Civil Action

"...parents over a deadly “leukemia cluster” they blamed on well-water pollution from local plants owned by Beatrice Foods and..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Green Acres

Prop. 2 Seeks to Protect Water Quality - but at a Price

"...acres of undeveloped land to safeguard the quality of rainwater runoff into the Barton Springs zone of the Edwards..."

April 10, 1998 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

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