The Waller Creek Series is a special report from The Daily Texan Audio. In this three-episode series, reporter Anna Kay Reeves investigates the history and future of the creek, and how it fits into broader resource conservation efforts. This series also considers how the climate crisis is putting pressure on water infrastructure and what that means for Austin and Waller Creek.
Do you know how water works? From the human infrastructure behind watershed management to how people experiencing homelessness relate to waterways, this is episode three: Water Works.
28 Oct 2021
The Water's Not Fine
In the second episode of the Waller Creek series, audio reporter Anna Kay Reeves investigates the reasons behind the creek's poor water quality. Find out about UT's previous mistreatments of the creek and how our city's damage to the creek's health could affect more than just its looks.
Editing by Addie Costello
Art by Ciara Casarez
Music by The Waller Creek Boys, a vinyl of never released recording of Janis Joplin and The Waller Creek Boys can be found at http://www.powellstjohn.com/store.html (http://www.powellstjohn.com/store.html) soon.
Additional music by Blue Dot Sessions
22 Sept 2021
The Riot
The Riot” is the first episode of The Waller Creek Series. In it, learn the history of human interaction with the creek, including the 1969 student protest against University of Texas’ destruction of natural creek banks. Henry Wells, an eye witness to the protest, tells his story 50 years on.
Editing by Addie Costello, Reporting by Anna Kay Reeves
Art by Ciara Casarez
Music by The Waller Creek Boys, a vinyl of never released recording of Janis Joplin and The Waller Creek Boys can be found at http://www.powellstjohn.com/store.html (http://www.powellstjohn.com/store.html) soon.
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