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Interpreting the Plummer Water Demand Estimate

Posted on August 23, 2009 by JGA

Austin Contrarian was kind enough to point out the location of Austin Water’s demand estimate memo amidst a set of responses Council members Spelman and Morrison received from the utility. The memo – which was composed in 2006, includes Excel … Continue reading →

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Breaking: So, what happened with the WTP4 vote?

Posted on August 7, 2009 by JGA

After a deluge of public testimony, the Austin City Council took a midnight vote on the motion to hire a construction manager for the first phase of WTP4. Council member Spelman made a motion to delay the vote two weeks … Continue reading →

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Crowdsourced WTP4 demand projections?

Posted on July 27, 2009 by JGA

Maybe. I sent my WTP4 analysis to the policy aides for Council member Spelman (among others.) His staff indicated he will be working to get data public for crowdsourced projections.  More as I get details.

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Problems with Peak Demand Justification for WTP4

Posted on July 24, 2009 by JGA

At yesterday’s City Council meeting, Greg Meszaros presented a wide variety of information including a graph titled “Projected Peak Day Demand” as part of the Water Treatment Plan No.4 presentation. This graph appeared to get a significant amount of the … Continue reading →

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