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What are the lake levels at Lake Travis? Lake Travis is about 48 feet below its normal level, according to Go Lake Travis, an informational site.That's much lower than its level at this time in ...
During the 2010–13 Southern United States drought, levels went as low as 618 feet, making it the third lowest level ever. [21] The LCRA, a public utility whose responsibilities include the management of Lake Travis, makes water level reports available on the internet. [22] In April 2016, the lake returned to its full capacity at 681 ft.
The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) built the dams to manage floods and generate hydroelectric power in the 1930s and 1940s. Lady Bird Lake (formerly Town Lake) and the respective Longhorn Dam are sometimes considered the seventh "honorary" lake and dam of the Highland Lakes despite being commissioned and managed by the City of Austin ...
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson (more commonly referred to as Lake LBJ and originally named Lake Granite Shoals) is a reservoir on the Colorado River in the Texas Hill Country about 45 miles northwest of Austin. The reservoir was formed in 1950 by the construction of Granite Shoals Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA).
“Teams are now monitoring the dam and lake levels around the clock,” the Army Corps of Engineers said in an update Tuesday. Lake Kaweah releasing water as dam fills up, officials say. May ...
LCRA's mission is to enhance the lives of the Texans it serves through water stewardship, energy and community service. LCRA provides public power, manages the lower Colorado River, builds and operates transmission lines, owns public parks, and offers community services. [2] LCRA does not receive state appropriations or have the ability to levy ...
May 1—U.S. Sen. Jon Tester on Monday called on a federal inter-agency group charged with managing dams and reservoirs to immediately begin taking steps to avoid low water levels in Flathead Lake ...
Lake Austin, formerly Lake McDonald, is a water reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1939 by the construction of Tom Miller Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority. Lake Austin is one of the seven Highland Lakes created by the LCRA, and is used for flood control, electrical power generation, and ...