Thanks to record rainfall in the Austin area in recent weeks, the city’s lakes and rivers have been overwhelmed with excessive runoff including debris and mud. Sadly, the runoff has made the city’s water supply unstable and this is the reason why the City of Austin has encouraged residents to boil water until the water supply can be thoroughly treated. About the Boil Water Notice Officials in Texas’ capital city thanked residents for cutting water consumption so that treatment plants could catch up with demand, as historic flooding continues to muck up lakes that supply the region’s tap water. The outlook in Austin on Tuesday afternoon was far improved,…