At any given time, we are working on hundreds of projects to build, improve, or repair our drainage infrastructure.
This project will improve the storm drain system in the East Bouldin area between South First Street and Congress Ave. It will help protect the area from localized flooding.
This project will improve water quality in Little Walnut Creek. The project is located at the Asian American Resource Center and the City of Austin's Rutherford Campus.
This feasibility study will assess possible solutions to improve water quality and erosion along the Clarkson Tributary of Boggy Creek.
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.
The Brentwood neighborhood was developed before the City adopted a comprehensive stormwater code, therefore the neighborhood was built out without adequate storm infrastructure and without implementation of proper runoff control measures. Along with creek and local flooding, erosion in the area currently threatens streets, utilities, and houses.
This project will reduce the risk of flooding in east Austin in an area generally south of Riverside Drive between Parker Lane and Willow Creek Drive.
This project will reduce the risk of flooding in north central Austin. The project area generally extends along Teakwood Drive and Ohlen Road on the north, West Anderson Lane on the south, Burnet Road on the west, and Lazy Lane on the east.
This project will protect the integrity of 3,580 feet of Buttermilk Creek, stabilize the banks, and prevent property damage resulting from erosion.
This project will improve water quality in Buttermilk Creek between Bennett and Blessing Avenues in the St. Johns Neighborhood. The project is located along the creek and extends through the greenbelt. It also includes improvements to the park.
This project will improve the storm drain system in the South Lamar neighborhood and help protect the area from flooding.
This project will stabilize approximately 1,400 linear feet of creek behind Eubank Drive from North Bend Drive to Walnut Creek.
This project will improve the drainage infrastructure in the area generally bounded by Glenn Lane, Carpenter Avenue, and Slayton Drive in the Georgian Acres neighborhood.
This project will improve the storm drain system near Avenue A in the Hyde Park neighborhood and reduce the risk of flooding. General project boundaries are Avenue D, W. 33rd St., Guadalupe St. and W. 47th St.
This project will protect yards, trees, buildings and infrastructure by stabilizing the streambank. It will also reduce localized flooding on Jamestown Dr. It will replace a flood-prone culvert on Fairfield Dr. with a bridge.
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.
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 help protect the North Acres neighborhood from flooding.
This project will improve the function of the dam and regional detention facility within Beverly Sheffield Northwest District Park, 7000 Ardath Street.
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.
Watershed Protection is planning two projects to reduce flooding in the Oak Park and Oak Acres subdivisions.
This project will repair and modernize the Old Lampasas Dam, located on a tributary of Bull Creek, off Spicewood Springs Road.
Onion Creek is Austin’s largest watershed and is particularly vulnerable to flooding. The projects in lower Onion Creek are mostly complete. Buyouts are ongoing in the upper Onion Creek area.
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 City of Austin Watershed Protection Department has identified the Tannehill Branch Creek Watershed as a priority for water quality improvements such as removal of pollution, improving stream flow and creating a natural habitat along the creek.
The Confluence Project is the second phase of the Waterloo Greenway project within the Waller Creek District.
We can all agree that trash in our creeks is gross. Cleanup is difficult and expensive for taxpayers, and it can ruin our beautiful natural recreational areas.
Each year, City staff and volunteers pull approximately 11 tons of trash from Lady Bird Lake. An additional 4,500 tons are removed annually from Austin streets. Some of these discarded items were dropped directly into the river, but most trash washes in during rainstorms. The trash enters the creek through storm drains from streets, parking lots, sidewalks, and parks.
This project will reduce the risk of flooding in south Austin in an area generally bounded by Barkwood Drive to the south, Comburg Drive to the east, Rustic Oak Lane to the north, and Wagtail Cove to the west.
The Warren Street Flood Risk Reduction project will improve the drainage system in the area along Exposition Blvd., Warren St., Carlton Road, Mount Laurel Lane and Hillview Road in the Tarrytown neighborhood.
This project will 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.
This project will repair and stabilize approximately 1,800 linear feet along the banks of the Richmond Tributary to Williamson Creek. This project will protect yards, trees, buildings and infrastructure by stabilizing the streambank. It will also replace flood-prone culverts at Philco Drive and Green Forest Drive.
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.
This project will stabilize and restore approximately 1,400 feet of Turtle Creek, which is officially called Tributary 4 of Williamson Creek.