Forecasts predict another long, hot, and dry summer for Central Texas. Can you save water without letting your landscape investment die? Come find out from our Water Conservation experts at the May 9 lunch 'n' learn! RSVP here. ...
Water is more than just a life-sustaining material resource. It provides metaphors, stories, and images that can connect ideas, practices, and lifeways across time and space. As such, water serves as a humanizing pedagogical tool in the classroom. Its familiarity provides an entry point for...
How can artists and scientists work together to engage deeply with residents and improve community resilience? What do they learn from each other in the process and what is needed to further develop and support these collaborations? In this special edition of Planet Texas 2050’s Resilience Roundtable...
As water travels through its watershed, it picks up and absorbs much of what it encounters. This can include an array of water contaminants such as microplastics, pharmaceuticals, and “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. These contaminants can impact aquatic systems and the creatures that live...
A performance featuring the Onion Creek watershed and the work of people who steward it. The Way of Water is a global arts-based project bringing people together around water challenges. In Austin, Forklift is partnering with the Watershed Protection Department and residents of the Onion Creek watershed...
A performance featuring the Onion Creek watershed and the work of people who steward it. The Way of Water is a global arts-based project bringing people together around water challenges. In Austin, Forklift is partnering with the Watershed Protection Department and residents of the Onion Creek watershed...
Did you know that Austin Water has programs that incentivize rainwater harvesting? Collecting rainwater in a barrel or cistern is a great way to ensure your plants are getting the water they need between rain events. Allowing rainwater to infiltrate on your property by using...
This Saturday, join us at Lowes on 5510 S I-35 Frontage Rd. from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an in-person Fix a Leak Week event! Join us to register for the My ATX Water portal, hear some fix a leak tips, and more!...
Ditching delicate plants that wilt w/ the slightest weather? Learn how you can get money back for upgrading to drought-tolerant plants that handle extreme heat & freezing temps! Join us on March 6 at noon for a Waterwise planting Lunch & Learn. Register here. ...
We're updating Austin's 100-year water plan & want your feedback! We'll have an in-person workshop on Jan 23rd at 6pm at the Permitting and Development Center (6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Austin, TX 78752, Room 1406) and a virtual workshop on Jan 24. More info about Water...