Cloudy water, dead fish in Shoal Creek caused by water main break

The green, murky water seen in Shoal Creek this week was caused by a broken water main, according toAustin Water and the Watershed Protection Department responded on Tuesday, March 14, to the broken pipe along Shoal Creek near Bull Creek Rd.

Watershed Protection staff observed around 30 dead fish along the bank when they visited the site. The broken water main was carrying treated drinking water. The blue, de-chlorination tablets could be seen throughout the creek bed on Thursday morning. Austin Water said no additional impacts to the creek are expected and WPD continues to monitor conditions."I don't think that there's anything that we necessarily think they could have done differently this time, other than to potentially have noticed the threat of this break earlier," said Ivey Kaiser, executive director of the Shoal Creek Conservancy.

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