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. The LCRA is responsible ...
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 downstream in order to ...
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 that were here first.
LCRA Raises Water Rates For Some Customers - stateimpact.npr.org
Jun 19, 2014 · The board of directors for the Lower Colorado River Authority ( LCRA ), the quasi-state organization that controls water from that basin, voted unanimously on Wednesday to raise water prices for ...
Why an Environmental Group is Going After Austin’s Coal Plant
Jun 22, 2012 · The Fayette Power Project coal plant in La Grange, Texas. An environmental group says it's violating its permit, which the LCRA denies.
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 Colorado River Authority (LCRA ...
LCRA Water Plan Goes to TCEQ for Approval | StateImpact Texas
Mar 12, 2012 · A new plan that would significantly change how water is managed in the Highland Lakes region of Central Texas was sent to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for review and ...
Rice Farmers Used More Than Three Times as Much
Apr 16, 2012 · A new report from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), which manages water in the Highland Lakes for the city of Austin and farmers downstream, shows that rice farmers used 367,985 acre-feet ...
Spicewood Beach | StateImpact Texas
The Spicewood Beach water system has 500 water meters, one of them belonging to the Spicewood Beach Elementary School. Once the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) purchased the town’s water ...
Where Did Spicewood Beach’s Water Go? | StateImpact Texas
Feb 2, 2012 · Today, StateImpact Texas spoke with Larry Ogden of Hamilton Pool H20, one of two haulers that bought water from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in Spicewood Beach.