CRMS Science Fair special awards/certificates

Alexa Agnew and Jillian Ritchie fed plants a teaspoon of various drinks each day. The young scientists found out that the more acid, sugar and carbonation the liquids had, the poorer the plants performed.

Austin Water lifted boil water notice late Tuesday night

UPDATE: Austin Water customers likely have to boil water until Tuesday night

A city-wide precautionary boil water notice has been issued. Austin Water’s Ullrich Water Treatment Plant is out of service due to an internal treatment process issue that resulted in high turbidity within the plant. Crews and officials are working diligently to address the issue and restore operations at Ullrich Water Treatment Plant. Austin Water is currently maintaining water service to customers by increasing water production at Davis and Handcox Water Treatment Plants and by carefully managing pumping within the network of water pipelines. There have been no power disruptions at drinking water plants. Any water recovered from plumbing systems should be boiled before drinking or cooking with it.

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