News Briefs: Austin Council Asks City Manager to Pay Back Customers for Boil-Water Incident

Following the February boil water notice in Austin, Texas, that made national headlines, the Austin City Council is asking its city manager to pay back Austin Water customers through rebates or infrastructure improvements. The council passed a resolution asking for recommendations to mitigate the impacts customers experienced during the boil water incident. It proposes either sending a one-time rebate to all of the utility’s customers or investing more funding into infrastructure.Police Use GPS to Track City-Owned Truck Stolen From WWTP Police were easily able to track a city-owned pickup truck that had been stolen from a wastewater treatment facility in Jackson, Michigan, thanks