Wholesale water priced at drought rate for Lower Colorado River Authority in Texas
11/20/2015 11:19:15 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Bastrop County, TX
Blanco County, TX
Brown County, TX
Burnet County, TX
Callahan County, TX
Coleman County, TX
Colorado County, TX
Edwards County, TX
Fayette County, TX
Gillespie County, TX
Hays County, TX
Kimble County, TX
Lampasas County, TX
Llano County, TX
Mason County, TX
Matagorda County, TX
McCulloch County, TX
Menard County, TX
Mills County, TX
San Saba County, TX
Schleicher County, TX
Sutton County, TX
Travis County, TX
Wharton County, TX
Williamson County, TX
Start Date: 1/1/2015
- End Date: 11/18/2015
The 2015 drought rate of $175 per acre-foot of water was reduced to the new firm water rate of $145 per acre-foot on Nov. 18 after the Lower Colorado River Authority Board of Directors lowered the wholesale water rates for cities and industry. The LCRA withheld water from downstream rice farmers for several years and the lost revenue forced the nonprofit river authority to raise wholesale water rates to cover fixed costs.
Austin American-Statesman (Texas), Nov. 18, 2015
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