| Waller Creek | |
|---|---|
 Waller Creek at Symphony Square | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Lady Bird Lake |
• location | Austin, Texas |
• coordinates | 30°15′34″N 97°44′30″W / 30.25936°N 97.74172°W |
| Length | 6.73 mi (10.83 km) |
Waller Creek is a stream and an urban watershed in Austin, Texas, United States. Named after Edwin Waller, the first mayor of Austin, it has its headwaters near Highland Mall and runs in a southerly direction, through the Commodore Perry Estate, the University of Texas at Austin and the eastern part of downtown Austin, including the Red River Cultural District, to its end at Lady Bird Lake.
Hemphill Creek merges with Waller Creek just south of Dean Keeton St.
A March 2024 article in Nature suggested that up to 90% of the waterflow in Waller Creek is due to leaky pipes and irrigation runoff [1][2]
- ^ Miller, Tom (May 20, 2024). "Leaky pipes and irrigation runoff responsible for up to 90% of Austin creek's flow". KXAN.
- ^ Banner, Jay; Black, Bryan; Tremaine, Darrel (March 20, 2024). "Positive unintended consequences of urbanization for climate-resilience of stream ecosystems". Nature.