Today's Austin American-Statesman has an article on page B1 titled "Caves' face-lift to allow rainwater into aquifer", about Blowing Sink
Preserve in south Austin. There is a photo of Nico Hauwert , "a senior environmental scientist for the city's Watershed Protection
Department". The City Council awarded the contract to Zara Environmental (Jean Krejca and Peter Sprouse, et al.) to "spend about two months
building what are essentially concrete chimneys anchored as deep as 50 feet into the caves."
Unfortunately the full online article is available only to subscribers, but
that might change in a day or two.
http://www.statesman.com/s/news/local/
City Council approves $246,000 for cave repairs in South Austin
By Farzad Mashhood <http://www.statesman.com/staff/farzad-mashhood/>
American-Statesman Staff
Five caves tucked in a South Austin preserve will get a $246,000 face-lift to allow more rainwater to pass through them and into the aquifer
that feeds Barton Springs.
The Austin City Council approved the spending on Thursday.
