A Water Plan For The Next 100 Years – Public Workshop #5

From Austin Water –

Dawson Elementary – School Cafeteria
3001 S 1st St., Austin, TX

Parking: Available in front, sides and the street

Austin Water will host its next public workshop to discuss Water Forward, Austin’s Integrated Water Resource Plan. Staff and consultants will be on hand to discuss draft plan recommendations. We would like to gather your input as we move closer to finalizing the plan. For more information visit austintexas.gov/waterforward

This will be a kid-friendly event.

More about Water Forward

Why do we need a plan?
Currently all of our drinking water comes from one source – the Highland Lakes, which are fed by the Colorado River. During our last drought, the lakes dipped to dangerously low levels and according to studies, climate change will likely only lead to more prolonged droughts.

So far, our community has already taken conservation very seriously. As Austin Water reports, water use today is about the same as it was in the late 1990s, despite the fact that Austin is now home to about 300,000 more people. With the Water Forward plan, Austin Water hopes to continue this culture of conservation into the future, while looking for new and innovative water supply sources and conservation measures. More info>>