Outdoor watering limited in the Lower Colorado River Authority district in Texas
2/22/2024 11:39:22 PM
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: 2/21/2024
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The Lower Colorado River Authority unanimously adopted a resolution that would permit customers to water outdoors only once per week while water storage in both Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan combined remain at less than 1.1 million acre-feet of water. The new rule, which will take effect on May 1, was needed as drought worsened, water use was high due to the increasing population in the Hill Country and lake levels were low.
The combined water storage in Lake Travis and Lake Buchanan was 842,342 acre-feet on Feb. 1, which was nearly 200,000 acre-feet lower than one year ago.
KVUE News Online (Austin, Texas), Feb 22, 2024
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