City Of Austin: New System At Austin Water's Largest Water Treatment Plant Helps Prepare For Future Extreme Flooding Events

Press release from the City of Austin:

Oct. 28, 2021

City of Austin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 512-972-0499 Email

In past flood events, turbidity would spike in the Highland Lakes to around 150 NTU and return to normal levels rather quickly – within a day or two. During the 2018 flood, turbidity levels remained at greatly elevated levels for a long period of time. As a result, Austin’s water treatment plants struggled to remove the high levels of silt and bring turbidity levels down to regulatory standards, which caused the need for a weeklong boil water advisory.

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