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LCRA I know what will fix the low lake issues around the central Texas and surrounding areas, I mentioned it before last year( DESALINATION PLANTS), that will provide fresh water to the major lakes and cities that depend on them, or instead wasting taxpayers $ on a Formula Track, Oil pipe line stretching from Canada. They need to build pipes that connect to the Mississippi River that will provide us water... (about 6 hours ago)

LCRA I hope I don't get in trouble for this. I worked for LCRA for 26 years and have been involved in just about every aspect of the day to day operation of the six dams on the Highland lakes. When I first arrived the dams were operated by hand and thru the years they changed that to be operated by computer. Man still operates the computer but the computer causes everything else to be done. Thru the years I witnessed several floods and worked floods at all of the dams so I am familiar with flood operation at all of the dams. The problem is this...when all of the flood waters is released it carries with it an ungodly amount of dirt,silt, and debris. At Max Starcke and Wirtz during 1996 and 1997 I observed silt and sediment water being released for days on end. I saw boats,boat houses, propane tanks mobile homes, trees decks, fishing peers and all other sorts of debris along with sand gravel and silt by the countles tons being dumped into lake Marble Falls and Lake Travis. These storms followed droughts that had lowered the upper reaches of lake Travis to a point that it could be walked across in several places. The first time I saw this there were deep pools all along the bed of the river. Then the floods came and filled it up. However, it all got drained off again and this time when the lake was empty the pools were gone. There was gravel sand and debris in the holes. I even found cars and refrigerators and motorcycles in the bed of the river. So, the problem is the bottom of the lake had risen because of everything it captured in the floods. NOW the lakes need to have this debris removed to increase the storage capacity. If nothing else the pools that are made can hold water for people Llike Spicewood who is having water hauled in because their well is dry. There are other communities that will be in similar situations soon if this drought continues to hold. Even if this one does not hold there will be a next one. The lake is empty now and easy access could be obtained where literally millions of yars of dirt could be removed easily with the access that is available now. Part of LCRA responsibilty it would seem would be to develope and maintain this invaluable resource they are the Stewards of. Unless I have missed it I don't even believe this idea is even being discussed. A twenty yard dump full of dirt sure would make a big hole somehwere. The community of Smithwick used to live on a 2000 gallon truck of water for 2 days. A twenty yard dump truck is bigger than a 2000 gallon water truck. Just think if I saw what I did in the river beds in a five or six year period imagine how much it has built up in the seventy plus years since the dams were built. (about 22 hours ago)

LCRA Rain is in the forecast! Here's the latest from LCRA meteorologist Bob Rose: http://bit.ly/rreLq7 (about 1 week ago)

LCRA How do you promise anyone WATER FOR LIFE? (about 1 week ago)

LCRA LCRA's Board of Directors will consider adopting a new Water Management Plan for lakes Buchanan and Travis next week. You can read the 450 comments we've received from the public here (http://bit.ly/z1SRIx) and see the proposal staff will recommend to the Board here (http://bit.ly/yHE6fQ). (about 1 week ago)