Some Bastrop water customers are being advised to boil their water after a line break drained an elevated storage tank and reduced system pressure.

City Manager Sylvia Carrillo-Trevino said she believed a contractor struck the line.

What happened: The city issued the notice July 12 for customers in the Valverde and Adelton subdivisions. Other areas and customers served by other water providers are not affected.

Zooming in: Public Works Director Curtis Hancock said the notice affects 305 residences in Valverde, including 205 single-family homes and 50 duplex buildings representing 100 units.

The city provides wholesale water through one master meter to the West Bastrop Village Municipal Utility District, which serves Adelton and has 87 service meters.

What residents should know: Water used for brushing teeth, cooking, drinking or making ice should be boiled for at least two minutes and allowed to cool before use.

What’s next: The break has been repaired, and crews are flushing the system and testing water quality, which officials said typically takes about 72 hours.

Music, auctions and a mission to support medically fragile children will come together when Abbey Lights Up COTA returns for its eighth year.

What’s happening: The fundraising gala will feature auctions, drinks, food, music, raffles and more.

“The Daytripper” creator and host Chet Garner will serve as emcee.

Where funds go: Proceeds will support the Abigail E. Keller Foundation’s financial assistance, hospice care baskets, birthday celebrations and more.

Funds will also advance plans for Abbey House—a proposed pediatric respite and hospice facility in Central Texas.

Why it matters: Abbey House would provide temporary overnight care outside a hospital, giving caregivers time to rest or tend to other family needs.

What they’re saying: “The vision for Abbey House is rooted in the belief that no family should have to face those challenges alone,” foundation President and CEO Melissa Keller said.

• Aug. 22, 5-10 p.m.

• $350 (admission); $500 (VIP)

• Circuit of The Americas, 9201 Circuit of the Americas Blvd., Austin

Check out the latest transportation project updates across the Austin metro.

Cedar Park to improve more neighborhood roads: Cedar Park City Council approved a change to the city’s contract with Lone Star Paving on June 25. The change order adds ten new streets to the project, with the existing asphalt removed and replaced with a new 2-inch asphalt surface.

Gattis School Road lane closures in effect through end of July for construction: A section of Gattis School Road between Via Sonoma Trail and High Country Boulevard will be reduced to one lane in each direction until the end of July. The closure will facilitate installation of three waterline crossings.

Roadway plans move forward as Dog's Head site prepped for major industrial project: Preparations for the first major addition to the recently annexed Dog's Head are underway, while local leaders ready to adopt a long-term public financing plan for upgrades across the more than 4-square-mile East Austin megasite. A range of mixed-use development is possible after city officials' initial vote for a long-term deal this spring. 

Preparations for the first major addition to the recently annexed Dog's Head are underway, while local leaders ready to adopt a long-term public financing plan for upgrades across the more than 4-square-mile East Austin mega-site.

The details: In May, Austin City Council annexed the 2,614-acre Dog's Head and entered a 45-year development agreement for the area's buildout.

The city and Travis County are now each considering a tax financing plan for the extensive public infrastructure needed to support future additions there, while some officials and residents are pressing for environmental protections and other benefits ahead of decades of anticipated construction.

Zooming in: A 300-acre portion of the Dog's Head is currently being cleared for "Project Toaster," an advanced manufacturing site from an unidentified Fortune 100 company.

The company is deciding between the Dog's Head and a location in another state. Initial grading activity is already taking place around the Project Toaster property, and Austin could soon approve the vacation of two public roadways within its limits.

A new report from the Central Texas Community Foundation shows that in the year since July floods impacted the Texas Hill Country, the Round Rock-based nonprofit generated $9.4 million in donations to support those impacted. 

The big picture: The foundation released a one-year impact report July 1 detailing fundraising efforts in the wake of historic flooding impacting much of Central Texas in July 2025. 

Zooming in: The report shows over 1,200 individual donors as well as 150 organizers and corporate partners supported the Travis and Williamson County CARES Funds, with $8 million in direct financial assistance distributed to impacted families. An additional $1.4 million in flood recovery funding was distributed in Burnet and Concho counties, according to the foundation. 

This funding assisted about 260 families located in Travis and Williamson counties, the report states.