- Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) | StateImpact Texas
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
- 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 water rights
- Rice Farmers Used More Than Three Times as Much Water as Austin Last . . .
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
- Non-Wind And Non-Solar Renewable Resources | StateImpact Texas
Texas, with its vast open landscapes and diversity of renewable resources, is a rich environment for non-wind and non-solar renewable energy production Hydroelectrcity, geothermal energy, biomass
- Despite Delay in Vote, Little Change Expected in Proposed LCRA Water . . .
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
- During Drought, Once-Mighty Texas Rice Belt Fades Away
By 1951, the LCRA finished the six reservoirs and dams known as the Highland Lakes, which stores drinking water for over a million people in Central Texas today
- LCRA Approves Plan That Will Likely Cut Off Rice Farmers This Year
The new plan was a notable reversal f rom the emergency plan sought by the LCRA in November 2012, which would have likely sent water to rice farmers this year
- Why an Environmental Group is Going After Austin’s Coal Plant
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
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