Austin Goes Purple
With the adoption of the Onsite Water Reuse Ordinance on March 7, Austin is going purple and taking an important step toward ensuring that we are a water resilient city.
March 12, 2024
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Author: Jennifer Walker
Key Solutions to Texas’ Water Woes Are Simpler Than We Think
The National Wildlife Federation was recently invited to give testimony to the Texas Legislature on the condition of Texas’ water and flood infrastructure and cost-effective ways to improve it. Jennifer
August 24, 2022
Austin is forging a path to a reliable water future
Six short years ago, Austin confronted a grim water future. The long dry tail of the 2011 drought combined with record population growth and increasingly concerning climate projections to paint
October 18, 2021
One Water in Action: Travis County Courthouse
By Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation & Bill Moriarty This summer, Travis County broke ground on the new Civil and Family Court Building. The 435,000 square foot facility is located
September 20, 2019
Ensuring One Water Delivers for Healthy Waterways
By Jennifer Walker, National Wildlife Federation & Myron Hess, Tributary Consulting Texas Living Waters is an active advocate for the One Water approach because it offers tremendous opportunities for improving how water
September 20, 2019
What’s in your water conservation scorecard?
Like most Texans, you likely depend on a water provider to deliver water to your home and business. You may not be aware of it, but water utilities also play
May 9, 2019
One Water in action: Austin Central Library uses rainwater to flush toilets
The Austin Central Library in Austin, Texas has gotten its fair share of hype – so much hype, in fact, that it was included on the Time’s 2018 list of
April 18, 2019
Dismembering Texas rivers: Is your arm of a river protected?
Depending on where your favorite creek is located, you could lose your arm of the river during the next drought – and that would be perfectly legal.
February 14, 2019
Reforesting stream banks to create ribbons of life
The buffer areas along our streams, also called riparian zones, are critical wildlife habitats and trees play a central role in the lives of many of the fish and wildlife species that live there.
January 23, 2019
The view from Palacios: Takeaways from an environmental gathering on Matagorda Bay
Matagorda Bay is sometimes described as Texas’s “forgotten bay,” but those who care about its future are not alone.
December 17, 2018
Austin’s Water Forward plan is a bold step into the future
The City of Austin innovative 100-year water plan, Water Forward, is the first plan of its kind in Texas, and it sets Austin apart as a leader in forward-thinking planning for water security.
December 10, 2018
#MyTexasRiver: How Amelia DeVivo shapes young environmental stewards
Amelia DeVivo is the Program Director with Austin Youth River Watch. Austin Youth River Watch was founded in 1992 and has shaped the past 26 years of young environmental stewards. Amelia
November 28, 2018
