This project will reduce the risk of flooding of homes, yards and streets through an upgraded storm drain system that includes detention pond improvements, upgraded storm drain pipe and new storm drain inlets.
There are more than 9,000 buildings in the 100-year floodplain in Austin. In addition, more than 300 bridges are subject to flooding. We plan, design and construct projects to help reduce flood risk and protect the public from the devastating impacts of flooding.
Creek erosion occurs when flowing water removes soil and rocks from stream banks and streambeds. Creek erosion can threaten homes, roads, bridges, trees, parkland, utilities and other infrastructure.
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This project will reduce flooding for houses and roads near Little Walnut Creek between Metric Blvd. and Rutland Dr. It includes a pipe to carry floodwaters, pond improvements at Quail Creek Park and upgrades to wastewater pipes.
Before stormwater runoff reaches a creek, it usually flows through a system of smaller ditches and drainage pipes. Austin has over 1,100 miles of such systems. When the storm drain system is undersized or damaged, there may be flooding of houses, roads, and yards.
This study assessed various options to reduce the risk of flooding along Shoal Creek between 15th Street and Lady Bird Lake.
This project will replace the low water crossing on McNeil Drive with a bridge. The bridge will provide residents with safe access to their neighborhood during floods.
This project will improve the storm drain system in part of the Oak Knoll neighborhood. The project is located between Woodcrest Drive and Jollyville Road and between Broad Oaks Drive and Columbia Oaks Drive.
This project will modernize the Old Lampasas Dam, located on a tributary of Bull Creek, off Spicewood Springs Road.
This project aims to reduce the frequency and magnitude of flooding from the Paces Mill drainage channel. It will help homes along Paces Mill Lane in the Yarrabee Bend South neighborhood in southeast Austin.
This project will stabilize and restore approximately 800 feet of Little Walnut Creek, south of Park Plaza.
The Rain Catcher Pilot Program (RCPP) is a comprehensive effort to integrate and leverage the City’s existing Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) programs and resources. RCPP incorporates existing Watershed Protection and Austin Water discounts, rebates, capital funding, and educational programs with the goal of increasing the prevalence of cisterns and rain gardens that achieve both stormwater management and water conservation objectives.
This project will reduce flooding, erosion, and pollution in Reed Park. The project area is located within the Taylor Slough Watershed that drains into the Colorado River to the west of the park.
This project will replace the pedestrian bridge in Roy G. Guerrero Colorado River Metropolitan Park and protect Krieg Fields, park roads and nearby homes from an ever-worsening erosion problem.
The Confluence is the second phase of the Waterloo Greenway project. It includes the restoration and reconstruction of approximately 13 acres along Waller Creek between 4th St. and Lady Bird Lake within the Waller Creek District.
We design, build and evaluate engineered systems to reduce pollution in our creeks, lakes and aquifers. We seek to use stormwater as a resource rather than a waste product.
The Watershed Protection Department is planning a project to implement Stormwater Control Measures in West Austin Park to improve water quality of the stormwater that already flows underneath the park and to capture and treat surface runoff from the north, west, and east sides of the park.
The Watershed Protection Department and the Union Pacific Railroad are working in cooperation on this project to help with flooding along Whispering Valley Road and in the West Cow Path area.
Watershed Protection is planning Phase 2 of a project to help with flooding along the middle portion of Williamson Creek from West Gate to South Congress Ave.