Ferrovial subsidiary PLW Waterworks has won a $200m contract to build a new wastewater treatment plant in Pflugerville, Texas, a fast-growing suburb of Austin.
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Travis County Parks to conduct prescribed burn in Wilbarger Creek By FOX 7 Austin Digital Team Published MANOR, Texas - Travis County Parks plans to conduct a prescribed burn in the Wilbarger Creek Project area east of Manor. A 46-acre prescribed burn is planned between July 29 and 30 and will take one day to complete. The prescribed burn will occur between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. and will take approximately two to four hours to complete. Travis County Parks says it is conducting the prescribed burn in cooperation with personnel from the local fire departments and natural resource agencies. The prescribed burn is intended to reduce wildfire danger and improve ecosystem health by removing invading shrubs, consuming dead and downed vegetation, reducing the number of exotic species, and enhancing the health and diversity of the native plant community, says Travis County Parks.
Morning rain and scattered thunderstorms on Saturday brought significant rain to the Austin area for the first time in weeks. By midafternoon, precipitation totals at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport had reached 1.62 inches. That broke the record for Dec. 19 of 1.24 inches set in 2014, according to KVUE meteorologist Shane Hinton. The Lower Colorado River Authority reported 1.79 inches at Wilbarger Creek near Elgin. West of Austin, accumulations were smaller, mostly under an inch. Power outage maps for Austin Energy and the Pedernales and Bluebonnet electric co-ops indicated a few hundred customers temporarily lost power during the storms. By midafternoon Saturday, skies began clearing, with overnight lows expected to dip to the high 30s. Sunday s forecast calls for sunny and clear weather with highs in the mid-60s. Temperatures are forecast to dip to the 40s and possibly high 30s overnight.