Trash in Austin’s waterways causing concern

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin leaders received a book-long report earlier this month on trash we find in the city’s creeks and rivers.The city’s Watershed Protection Department released a 130-page field study conducted from November 2021 to April 2022 documenting where the trash is found, where it comes from and how to clean it up. 130-page report details why there’s trash in Austin creeks, how it can be fixedThe study looked at 19,467 observations made in 20 watersheds along 11