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Tell City Council to Increase Water Conservation and Stop Spending on the proposed $849 MILLION Water Treatment Plant

In the midst of severe drought and an economic recession, the Austin Water Utility is asking our City Council to spend $1 billion building a new water treatment plant on Lake Travis, which is dropping near record low levels. With improved water conservation efforts, we can keep our water use flat and avoid expensive new treatment plants for decades.

Now is the time to speak up FOR aggressive water conservation and AGAINST wasteful spending on a water plant that we simply don’t need.

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Dear	Council Member Cole Council Aide Ballas Council Aide Coleman Council Member Spelman Council Member Shade Council Aide Rush Council Member Riley Council Aide Nathan Council Member Morrison Council Aide Moore Council Aide McDonald Council Member Martinez Mayor Leffingwell Council Aide Gerbracht

Dear Mayor Leffingwell and Austin City Council Members, Please stop spending on the proposed $849 MILLION Water Treatment Plant 4 on Lake Travis and instead re-double water conservation efforts. With increased focus on water conservation, we can keep our summer water use flat and delay expensive water plants for decades to come. According to a report signed by Austin's water conservation director, "Conservation is now widely accepted as the most cost-effective way to extend water resources." Yet the Austin water utility is asking you to spend $849 MILLION building a treatment plant that we don't need. Please reject the water utility's request to spend $849 MILLION on Water Treatment Plant 4 and instead increase funding for water conservation by one third and set a goal of lowering Austin's water use to 135 gallons of water per capita per day. Thank you for your consideration.

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