Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) | StateImpact Texas
Sep 19, 2014 · The LCRA operates the six dams on the Colorado River that form the Highland Lakes of Central Texas. These are lakes Buchanan, Inks, LBJ, Marble Falls, Travis and Austin.
Citing ‘Mismanagement,’ Lawmaker Threatens Massive Overhaul …
Apr 25, 2014 · The LCRA is caught between the various water interests, trying to balance the water supply of a million people around a city with the business needs of a few dozen farmers …
LCRA Raises Water Rates For Some Customers | StateImpact Texas
Jun 19, 2014 · The City of Austin and a South Texas nuclear power plant – the LCRA’s two largest firm water customers — will not see rates increase.
LCRA Set to Get an Earful on Water Management Plan
Feb 20, 2012 · The LCRA will hear from the various communities who rely on the river to support their way of life. The next couple days will be busy ones at the headquarters of the Lower …
LCRA Approves Plan That Will Likely Cut Off Rice Farmers This Year
Jan 8, 2013 · In a unanimous vote today, the Board of Directors at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) approved an emergency plan that could cut off water for most rice farmers …
LCRA Passes New Water Plan: More Water for Lakes, Less for …
Feb 22, 2012 · The LCRA says the major changes in the plan are these: “Using two trigger points during the year to determine how much stored water from the lakes is available for agriculture, …
Despite Delay in Vote, Little Change Expected in Proposed LCRA …
Aug 21, 2014 · Water from the Highland Lakes is important to everyone in Central Texas — from urban Austinites to rural rice farmers downstream. Wednesday, the board of the Lower …
Texas Rice Farming | StateImpact Texas
The LCRA has outlined two reasons why they are responsible to the rice farmers: “Texas law declares that the state must give preference to certain types of water uses when granting …
Why an Environmental Group is Going After Austin’s Coal Plant
Jun 22, 2012 · Photo by Andy Uhler/KUT News The Fayette Power Project coal plant in La Grange, Texas. An environmental group says it's violating its permit, which the LCRA denies.
LCRA Gets Its Own 18-Wheeler To Haul Water to Spicewood Beach
Feb 10, 2012 · The LCRA had been paying local water hauler H202U $200 a load to bring in 4,000 gallons at a time to Spicewood Beach. Now it will simply haul its own water, which will …