Sensitive to the Needs of Our Environment

The area chosen to accommodate the new AMD campus in southwest Travis County is a beautiful natural space. While the site lies completely outside the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone and has been approved for development for some time, it is a location that requires proper care.

To protect water quality, AMD will voluntarily comply with the water quality control requirements of Austin's Save Our Springs Ordinance and implement a land-based filtration method to capture and treat storm water from streets and other outdoor surfaces on the site. This water will be transported, stored and filtered using the natural geologic topography, soil composition, and native vegetation. This natural approach reduces the need for more invasive retention and treatment ponds, minimizes disruption of natural water flow over the site, and works with nature to address groundwater recharge.

Rainwater Harvesting System seen above:
In addition, an innovative rainwater harvesting system has been designed to collect 100 percent of the rainfall from the roofs and top floors of the parking garages. The rainwater will be collected in ten separate cisterns totaling 500,000 gallons and an approximately one million-gallon storage tank located underneath one of the site's structured parking garages. The collected rainwater will be used to irrigate the site's 100-percent native landscaping and to supplement the potable water used in the energy-efficient evaporative cooling system designed for cooling the indoor facilities.