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Thirty commercial and industrial water customers honored for contributions in 2020 and 36 breweries for contributions in 2021.
Austin Water is honoring 30 commercial and industrial water customers for excellence in pretreatment of wastewater, water protection, environmental operations, and community stewardship during the year 2020. In addition, 36 local breweries, wineries and distilleries are being recognized for their public service in distributing potable water and hot meals to Austin Water customers and local businesses during Winter Storm Uri in February of 2021. This is the 29
th Annual Recognition & Awards program for Austin Water.
The following honorees have achieved excellence in protecting the environment by controlling the quality and quantity of their discharges into Austin’s wastewater system:
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People who lost water this week were invited to fill up containers at the Brewtorium on Friday.
The entire city of Austin either had low water pressure or no running water at all as of Friday, a map released by Austin Water showed.
Austin and Travis County set up 10 water distribution sites on Sunday. They open at 11 a.m. Find them here.
Shelters used to house people during freezing temperatures earlier this week are now passing out a couple of bottles of water per person to tide people over until larger distributions are underway. Find a list of shelter locations here. If you need more than that, consider one of the breweries or locations further down this list.