Clinic students are working with People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources (PODER) and technical experts at UT to examine the cause of excessively hard and colored water in Austin’s Colony. Students assisted with sampling and surveying in a neighborhood, drafted comments for the Public Utility Commission proceeding where the water provider was seeking to raise water rates, and filed record requests to help determine the cause of the water problems. To date, as a result of the group’s efforts, the water provider has increased transparency about the source of its water and is conducting more water sampling.
