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Help Stop the Grease Blob

Pouring cooking oil or grease down the drain sticks to the insides of the wastewater pipes and creates a gooey-gross Grease Blob causing expensive repairs, foul odors and sanitary sewer overflows!

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What's new in the Water Forward 2024 Update?

The updated plan includes refreshed supply, conservation, and onsite reuse strategies based on up-to-date climate and population projections to plan for a range of possible futures. Read more about it here:

Water Forward 2024 Plan Report

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Austin Water Announces Emergency Training Exercise on October 1

The exercise will simulate an oil spill near Ullrich Water Treatment Plant. Emergency response watercraft and personnel will be visible in the area

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Inadvertent Discharge at Wildhorse Ranch WWTP Contained

A discharge of approximately 523,000 gallons of partially treated wastewater reached an unnamed tributary of Gilleland Creek

Watering Schedule for Conservation Stage

Austin Returns to Conservation Stage Watering Restrictions

Saving water still encouraged to extend water supply

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