Save Water, Save Money

Letter to Austin City Council outlining misstatements and material omissions in the City’s November 2010 prospectus for Water & Wastewater and Electric Utility Bonds, Sept 2011.

2010 bond prospectus: water and wastewater section

Bill Bunch guest editorial: Austin Business Journal, April 22 2011

AWU Proposed Budget 2012 – Q & A
Water and Wastewater Commission Budget Committee

Coalition Letter to Austin City Council opposing water rate increases, Aug. 25 2011
A broad coalition of consumer, environmental, low-income, and faith-based advocates delivered a letter to City Council August 25th against proposed water rate spikes that will hurt working families the most and discourage conservation with increased fixed fees and urging that rate increases be shifted to those who use (or waste) the most amount of water. 

Re-development proposal for the Green Water Treatment Plant, Dec 2007.

Postpone WTP4: One page summary explaining why Austin's new Water Treatment Plant #4 should be postponed.

AWU Residential water rate increases: 2004 - 2011 (historical), 2012 - 2015 (proposed)

Read It and Leak: A Report on Austin’s Water Conservation and Related Environmental Programs, Their Progress, and Lack of Progress

Austin Water Utility  Risk Self Assessment, August 2009

The Perfect Storm: Setting priorities at the Austin Water Utility in a time of fiscal crisis.

Water Rate Increase Flyer: Two page flyer explaining Austin Water Utility's proposed water rate increases for 2012.

WTP4 and Austin's Water Future: presentation by Bill Bunch of the Save Our Springs Alliance