Austin Opens Water Distribution Sites Today
Supplies are limited to one gallon of water per person and up to four gallons for a family. City of Austin volunteers will be staffing the water distribution sites. Pick up will be located at the driveway entrance of the sites…
All seven water distributions sites in the Austin area will be open today from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. A boil water notice and emergency conservation are in place for a fourth day for all Austin Water customers.
The Austin-Travis County Emergency Operations Center remains activated and continues to work with staff from Austin Water, the Lower Colorado River Authority, the National Weather Service and the State of Texas to monitor water conditions and the situation at the Highland Lakes.
The seven distribution sites for people to receive water are located at (Map below):
- Walnut Creek Park (12138 N Lamar Blvd)
- City of Austin Warehouse, formerly Home Depot (7211 N IH 35 SVRD NB)
- Roy G. Guerrero Park (400 Grove Blvd)
- Onion Creek Soccer Complex (5600 E William Cannon Dr)
- Dick Nichols Park (8011 Beckett Rd)
- Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex (10211 W. Parmer Ln)
- Circuit of the Americas (9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd)
Supplies are limited to one gallon of water per person and up to four gallons for a family. City of Austin volunteers will be staffing the water distribution sites. Pick up will be located at the driveway entrance of the sites. Yesterday, all seven sites served a combined 14,119 cars giving out 30,408 cases of bottled water, which is 96,089 gallons.
