Crews who will be working outdoors in the elements are outfitted with winter weather related personal protective equipment, including anti-slip shoes with spikes.We also have 4X4 vehicles equipped with tire chains to transport staff, if necessary. In anticipation of treacherous road conditions, Austin Water has made arrangements to accommodate staff who may have to stay at facilities overnight.Increased staff availability levels at facilities and arranged contractors to be on standby to assist, if needed.Winterization procedures have been completed at facilities.Some key actions taken by Austin Water teams to increase preparedness this week: These checklists have been developed based on lessons learned from recent emergency events. View Gallery: Scenes across Austin as winter storm hits Central Texas 3:45 p.m.: Austin Water prepared for freezing temperaturesĪustin Water is operating normally and has taken numerous steps to prepare for the winter weather event this week.Īustin Water facilities and teams have completed pre-incident checklists to increase their readiness for freezing temperatures and treacherous road conditions. More: Winter storm warning for Austin this week: Here's what you need to worry about Here's what we know about road conditions, today's forecast and power outages. The Texas Department of Transportation said driving conditions were becoming "treacherous" Tuesday afternoon, which will only become worse as the chances of freezing rain and ice increase going into Wednesday.
This also applies to neighboring Hill Country counties such as Burnet, Blanco, Llano and Gillespie. Residents under the warning could see anywhere from a quarter to three-quarters of an inch of ice blanket the region.Ĭounties in the Austin metro area under the winter storm warning include Travis, Williamson, Hays, Caldwell and Bastrop. Here's how you can subscribe.Ĭheck out this live blog for the latest information on Wednesday about the winter storm, road conditions and outages.įorecasters with the National Weather Service extended the winter storm warning early Tuesday morning to last through Thursday, with "significant" ice expected from the Austin metro area to the Hill Country. But we need the support of subscribers to keep doing this work.
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