The City of Austin
When it began in 1992, Austin Youth River Watch was designed as a joint venture of LCRA and the City of Austin. Ever since, our primary sources of financial support have been Austin Water Utility and the City’s Watershed Protection Department. These competitive contracts have allowed us to achieve nearly 20 years of success. But our partnership doesn’t end there: River Watch regularly partners with scientists and educators from the City on spill detection, teacher trainings, public presentations, and more.
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Lower Colorado River Authority’s Colorado River Watch Network
Since our inception, LCRA has provided critical training and equipment to make our water-quality monitoring efforts possible. Every River Watch student must learn and follow the rigorous scientific protocols developed by LCRA’s Colorado River Watch Network program. LCRA also manages the water-quality data that our River Watchers collect — no small task! Our data are integrated with other data sets statewide, and are used by local, state, and national scientists and decision makers.
Special Friends of River Watch
We are fortunate to have the following friends to partner with us and support us through donations of time, money, equipment, and more:
A Glimmer of Hope Foundation
The Applied Materials Foundation
Balcones Resources
The City of Austin’s Austin Water Utility
The City of Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department
The City of Austin’s Watershed Protection Department
The City of Austin’s Wildland Conservation Division
Cook’s Canoes
Ecology Action of Texas
The ERM Foundation
Impact Austin
Keep Austin Beautiful
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
Pease Park Conservancy
The Philip T. Bee Charitable Trust
R.E.I.
RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture
The Save Barton Creek Association
The Shield-Ayers Foundation
SMS Photography
Texas Parks & Wildlife
The Texas Rivers Protection Association
Texas River School
The Trail Foundation
Travis County Parks
The Wilbarger Creek Conservation Alliance
Matt & Peggy Winkler
The Wright Family Foundation
