LCRA to lower Lake LBJ by 4 feet for maintenance
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM AUSTIN — The Lower Colorado River Authority will lower Lake LBJ as well…
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LCRA open house discussing Highland Lakes’ health
Despite the current lake levels at Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis being near full, Lower Colorado River Authority officials are still keeping an eye on the levels. They are hosting an open house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6 at the Lake View Hall in Black Rock Park, 3400 RR 261 in Buchanan Dam.
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AUSTIN – Residents can receive alerts via text, email or phone when Lower Colorado River…
LCRA to reopen lakes to boaters
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — After a week of no recreational boating on the Highland…
LCRA temporarily closes four Highland Lakes
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — With heavy rains falling early June 2 in the…
LCRA opens floodgates, closes portions of lakes LBJ, Marble Falls
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER MARBLE FALLS — Lower Colorado River Authority officials launched floodgate…
TCEQ approves plan withholding more Highland Lakes water
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER AUSTIN — The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality unanimously approved…
As Lake Buchanan rises, some leery of releasing water downstream
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER BUCHANAN DAM — Domestic water use advocates caution that the…
UPDATE: TCEQ upholds order to withhold downstream water releases from Highland Lakes
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER UPDATE: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality upheld an emergency…
LCRA: Highland Lakes boaters should be extra cautious July 4
MARBLE FALLS — With fireworks displays illuminating the skies over lakes Marble Falls and LBJ on…
LCRA: Drought hangs on despite rising Highland Lakes levels
CONNIE SWINNEY • STAFF WRITER SPICEWOOD — The history of dry spells and floods in…
Governor appoints former Marble Falls mayor to LCRA board of directors
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Outgoing Mayor George Russell bids farewell to…
LCRA, cities take aim at water weeds with chemical treatments
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — The Lower Colorado River Authority has launched…
LCRA postpones meeting on nuisance aquatic vegetation
FROM STAFF REPORTS HORSESHOE BAY — The Lower Colorado River Authority is postponing a March…
LCRA, water group contest upstream dam application
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF GOLDTHWAITE — Several years of strain on water resources caused…
LCRA joins with NASA in first-of-its-kind soil study
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The Lower Colorado River Authority is getting an unlikely…
As 2015 starts, Highland Lakes falls toward all-time drought declaration
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — Despite a moderate amount of rainfall in 2014,…
Drought prompts LCRA to seek OK to halt lake releases for fourth year
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM AUSTIN — With parts of Texas in the midst of a persistent,…
LCRA board OKs water plan changes, new downstream reservoir
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — The Lower Colorado River Authority began the process of changing…
Canadian company buys water and wastewater plants in Central Texas
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — Canada-based Corix Utilities Inc. finalized on July 31…
LCRA puts pressure on those with illegal ‘straws’ in water
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — The Lower Colorado River Authority is stepping up enforcement against…
Colorado River advocacy groups squaring off in water fight
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — As drought conditions continue, the battle over water…
Cities expected to pass LCRA water-rate hike to customers
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The Lower Colorado River Authority approved a one-year rate…
New water plant coming for drought-striken Spicewood Beach area
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF SPICEWOOD — A new water system takes shape, signaling the…