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Tag Archives: Water
Some Final Thoughts on WTP4
Big City Council vote on WTP4 this Thursday. Here is my previous post from the WTP4 forum. The post highlights outstanding issues on both sides of the argument. InFact Daily says that Shade is the going to be the swing … Continue reading
WTP4mania!!! Who won the big WTP4 debate?
There were hundreds of people at Palmer Center’s freezing Exhibit Hall No.2 on Thursday night, all waiting for a bigtime policy rumble between proponents and opponents of WTP4’s existing development schedule. Let’s look at the highlights… Demand Projection Stephen Coonan … Continue reading
American Water is Cheap
An interesting article on how China is raising prices to encourage water conservation. A graph included with the piece points out the remarkable cheapness of American water.
Laying Down the Law on the WTP4 Cacophony
Over at his newish blog, Jonathan Law politely points out that WTP4 opponents, conservationists and I are sort of full of it. He writes: Unfortunately, opponents of this plan have chosen a convenient sticking point – the statistical methods employed … Continue reading
Interpreting the Plummer Water Demand Estimate
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?
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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Problems with Peak Demand Justification for WTP4
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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