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Austin Water shifts ASR testing away from Bastrop, outlines field-testing and reuse strategies
Summary
Austin Water told the commission that a proposed Bastrop County collaboration to field-test aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) was withdrawn and staff will pursue Phase 1b field testing on city-owned land in Eastern Travis County, while continuing work on Lake Walter E. Long, indirect potable reuse planning and exploratory brackish desalination work with council funding expected in early 2026 for Phase 1b scopes.
Marisa Flores Gonzalez of the Austin Water Resource Team updated the commission Dec. 10 on implementation of Water Forward 2024 supply strategies and an adaptive management approach that ties milestones and lake-storage triggers to potential acceleration or modification of projects.
Gonzalez told commissioners the council withdrew a draft Bastrop County collaboration agreement on Nov. 20 and "Austin Water is not pursuing field testing in Bastrop County." She said staff will evaluate other field-testing options and identified near-term plans to conduct Phase 1b field testing in Eastern Travis County on City-owned land, focusing on the Trinity…
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