AMD Responds to SOS Alliance Sediment Runoff Observations

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AMD spokesman Travis Bullard said, "There was rain all over Central Texas; every construction across town had runoff, and that's just part of building in Central Texas." Asked why the AMD's well-publicized, sophisticated storm-water collection systems failed to prevent the runoff, Bullard said, "When dealing with an active construction site, it takes time to get a project's systems functioning as architecturally designed." He went on to say, "You can argue as to whether development should happen in that part of town" but said it's "disingenuous to say you can't build anything over there." Bullard said AMD saw the notice of violation as the city's suggestion of construction-site improvements and said it is "conceivable" that another runoff violation could occur. "No storm-water system is perfect," he said.

Bullard took issue with AMD's runoff being referenced as "pollution," acknowledging sediment's potentially detrimental effects but saying that "there's no evidence that water from Lone Star contained pollution or sediment levels not tolerated by the city. The question is what's the quantity and quality of the runoff."


Location: Austin, Texas

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