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- 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
- Citing ‘Mismanagement,’ Lawmaker Threatens Massive Overhaul of LCRA
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 Texas
The City of Austin and a South Texas nuclear power plant – the LCRA’s two largest firm water customers — will not see rates increase
- LCRA Set to Get an Earful on Water Management Plan
The LCRA will hear from the various communities who rely on the river to support their way of life The next couple days will be busy ones at the headquarters of the Lower Colorado River Authority
- 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
- 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
- LCRA Passes New Water Plan: More Water for Lakes, Less for Farming
The LCRA says the major changes in the plan are these: “Using two trigger points during the year to determine how much stored water from the lakes is available for agriculture, mostly downstream
- LCRA Approves Plan That Will Likely Cut Off Rice Farmers This Year
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
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