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An interview with San Antonio Water System President and CEO Robert Puente.

The city-owned utility serves about 500,000 customers in and around Bexar County, providing the water San Antonians drink, and cleaning the sewage they flush down their toilets.

Puente has led SAWS since 2008, overseeing its efforts to diversify its water supply and undertake major sewer system repairs. The utility is now facing several ongoing challenges: drought that continues to affect water sources and strain pipes, pressure to reduce its water loss from leaks and breaks, and a need to upgrade its aging wastewater treatment plants. SAWS officials are expecting to ask the City Council to approve rate hikes later this year to pay for those efforts.

In this live event, recorded on September 18, environmental reporter Liz Teitz and Puente fielded questions from viewers about how the utility's challenges, successes and its plans for the future.