{"id":12448,"date":"2021-03-03T01:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T01:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/austin-texas-water-crisis-explained\/"},"modified":"2021-03-13T20:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T20:11:09","slug":"austin-texas-water-crisis-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/media\/austin-texas-water-crisis-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin, Texas Water Crisis Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DHjhPjzGh8A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2018This crisis was largely caused by state officials who put profits over people\u2019 \u2014 This Texas city council member is calling out lawmakers for failing to prepare for the state\u2019s winter storms and subsequent power and water crises.<br \/>\n\u00bb Subscribe to NowThis: http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Subscribe<br \/>\n\u00bb Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox: https:\/\/go.nowth.is\/KnowThis<\/p>\n<p>For more world news, subscribe to NowThis News.<\/p>\n<p>#Texas #WaterCrisis #Austin #Politics #News #NowThis<\/p>\n<p>Connect with NowThis<br \/>\n\u00bb Like us on <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/social\/this-place-is-bonkers-wonderspaces-in-austin-tx\/\" title=\"Facebook\" alt=\"Facebook\">Facebook<\/a>: http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Facebook<br \/>\n\u00bb Tweet us on <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/tech\/find-the-top-startup-lawyer-austin-texas-call-201-446-9643\/\" title=\"Twitter\" alt=\"Twitter\">Twitter<\/a>: http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Twitter<br \/>\n\u00bb Follow us on Instagram: http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Instagram<br \/>\n\u00bb Find us on Snapchat Discover: http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Snapchat<\/p>\n<p>NowThis is your premier news outlet providing you with all the <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/business\/bad-credit-long-term-business-loans-austin-tx-austin-business-cash-advance-bad-credit\/\" title=\"videos\" alt=\"videos\">videos<\/a> you need to stay up to date on all the latest in trending news. 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We live where you live.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nowthisnews<br \/>\n@nowthisnews<\/p>\n<h3>More info on Austin, Texas Water Crisis Explained<\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"ss-local-rss\"><div class=\"rss_header\"><h2><a href=\"https:\/\/cn.bing.com\/news\/search\/?q=Austin%2C+Texas+Water+Crisis+Explained&amp;qft=sortbydate%3D%221%22&amp;format=rss\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"rss_title\">Austin, Texas Water Crisis Explained - BingNews<\/a><br \/><span class=\"rss_description\"> Search results<\/span><\/h2><\/div><ul>\n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66429d59eef842478b8f5a8ffae5e809&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kvue.com%2Farticle%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Faustin-water-bull-creek-wastewater-overflow%2F269-80b2b6fb-1d8c-407a-a316-db7c84d209a8&amp;c=13923056349831752508&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t125,000 gallons of wastewater overflows into Bull Creek watershed\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Austin Water officials said 125,000 gallons of wastewater overflowed into the Bull Creek watershed on Monday morning after an equipment malfunction. 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Frustrating because of the lying. People sometimes suggest that ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            \n            <li>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&amp;aid=&amp;tid=66429d59eef842478b8f5a8ffae5e809&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fprospect.org%2Fenvironment%2F2024-04-26-flints-never-ending-water-crisis%2F&amp;c=3369105551778603629&amp;mkt=en-us\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFlint\u2019s Never-Ending Water Crisis and \u2018Punishment Nightmare\u2019\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The plaintiffs also claim that the agency failed to undertake a prompt investigation or inform the public about the risks of water contamination. The most egregious feature of the crisis is the ...<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n            <\/ul> <\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018This crisis was largely caused by state officials who put profits over people\u2019 \u2014 This Texas city council member is calling out lawmakers for failing to prepare for the state\u2019s winter storms and subsequent power and water crises. \u00bb Subscribe to NowThis: http:\/\/go.nowth.is\/News_Subscribe \u00bb Sign up for our newsletter KnowThis to get the biggest stories [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[148,5328,900,187,1443],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/DHjhPjzGh8A.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12488,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions\/12488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}