On Dry Land: Las Lomitas

During the exceptional drought of 2011 – many Austinites had to cut back on water consumption – turning off sprinklers, letting lawns go brown. But for one community in Travis County – conserving water isn’t a drought issue – it’s a daily chore. Here are the stories from the KUT News special series “On Dry Land, the Story of Las Lomitas.”

For more than a decade, the only water residents of Las Lomitas had, is what they drove miles to collect. Listen below to the KUT news reports on one community’s effort to get clean, running water in their homes. “On Dry Land: the story of Las Lomitas.”