Rainfall over Highland Lakes provides temporary relief from drought, raises reservoirs
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF LLANO — Watching runoff from rain pour over structures such…
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LCRA chips away at rate-hike proposal after public outcry
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Lower Colorado River Authority officials have tempered…
LCRA hosting meeting to discuss proposed water rates
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — The Lower Colorado River Authority is hosting a meeting…
Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay launch tighter restrictions, fines for water waste
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF MARBLE FALLS — Municipalities have implemented more stringent water conservation…
TCEQ approves emergency drought order for Highland Lakes with no trigger point
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR AUSTIN — Texas Commission on Environmental Quality commissioners left Highland…
Judges side with Highland Lakes over downstream customers in water fight
DANIEL CLIFTON AND CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — Two administrative law judges upped…
TCEQ sends LCRA emergency drought relief request to judge
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — Some Lower Colorado River Authority irrigation customers, including rice farmers,…
Highland Lakes officials urge residents to take stand on water-level triggers
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — County officials are asking Highland Lakes residents to write or…
LCRA names executive director of TxDOT its new general manager
SPECIAL TO DAILYTRIB.COM AUSTIN — The Lower Colorado River Authority board of directors voted unanimously…
Progress made on water plant for drought-stricken Spicewood Beach
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF SPICEWOOD — Heavy equipment rolled into Spicewood Beach Village on…
LCRA wants to curtail water releases for environmental health to Matagorda Bay
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — Citing low water levels in lakes Buchanan and Travis, the…
LCRA eyes Lake Austin action to keep more water in Lake Travis
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — Lower Colorado River Authority officials are considering a move that…
Hot, dry weather leads Llano and Burnet counties to reinstate burn bans
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Local county leaders banned outdoor burning after hot, dry conditions…
Houston man drowns during family outing on Lake Buchanan
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR BUCHANAN DAM — A 62-year-old man died after disappearing in…
Drought not eased by 3-7 inches of rain in Highland Lakes, according to LCRA
CONNIE SWINNEY • PICAYUNE STAFF AUSTIN — A reported 3 to 7 inches of rain…
LCRA general manager talks drought, water development project
DANIEL CLIFTON • PICAYUNE EDITOR MARBLE FALLS — When it comes to the drought strangling the…
LCRA cuts off downstream water releases from Highland Lakes for rice farmers
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — A late-inning save for lower Colorado River rice farmers never…
Highland Lakes water meeting gives public chance to ask questions
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — Highland Lakes residents can learn about the current water and…
State approves LCRA emergency drought relief measure
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN — Without a tremendous amount of rain between now and 11:59…
LCRA board gives ‘go ahead’ for lower basin reservoir to relieve drain on Highland Lakes
AUSTIN — The Highland Lakes could get some relief in the future from downstream water…
LCRA proposes floating barge intake for Spicewood Beach water
SPICEWOOD BEACH — Officials have proposed a $1.2 million floating water-intake system as a long-term…
LCRA votes to ask state to keep 2011 emergency drought measures
AUSTIN — Without a significant amount of rain falling in the upper portion of the…
LCRA board considering measures that could curtail water releases for rice farmers
AUSTIN — The Lower Colorado River Authority Board of Directors will vote Jan. 8 on…
LCRA sell-off plan raises the ire of Burnet County officials
AUSTIN — As the Lower Colorado River Authority moves to sell costly retail water and…