Pulling Out All the Stops

The City of Austin uses all available channels to promote water conservation in a drought-prone area where every drop counts.
Pulling Out All the Stops
Signs on city buses deliver water conservation alerts and event announcements.

Droughts are a serious matter for Austin, Texas. The city watershed system includes the Colorado River and the Highland Lake chains with storage lakes Travis and Buchanan, where the water capacity today is at a dangerously low 37 percent.

The drought began nearly five years...

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